Course Outlines

ECN 236 - Principles of Economics-Micro

1. Concepts, terms and applications
2. Economics diversity
3. Techniques of research
4. Consumer choice
5. Demand and supply
6. Analyses of market structure
7. Market failure
8. Current thought

1. Define relevant terms and concepts and apply to problems and issues. (1)
2. Analyze how diversity contributes to differences in human economic interaction or in the world economic views. (2)
3. Explain applicable methods that guide research in economics. (3)
4. Use the analysis of choice to explain and predict consumer behavior. (4)
5. Use the models of demand and supply to analyze economic issues. (5)
6. Evaluate the dominant analyses in the microeconomics literature. (6)
7. Identify market failures and explain why these occur. (7)
8. Synthesize microeconomics concepts and analyses in the analysis of real-world issues. (8)
    

ECN 296 - Internship: Economics

1. Organizational overview of assigned placement
2. Integration of job description and organization's requirements
3. Elements of documentation of experience
4. Planning and time management
5. Professional, legal, and ethical issues
6. Communication, critical thinking, and problem solving
7. Specialized equipment, tools, and software required in the placement

1. Exhibit appropriate workplace behaviors and professional ethics.
2. Apply discipline specific knowledge and skills in the professional workplace.
3. Define and utilize technical terms in written and oral communications.
4. Use critical thinking, problem solving, ethical awareness, and effective writing
5. Interpret written and oral instructions.
6. Initiate and complete assigned responsibilities.
7. Maintain documentation required to comply with government employer or nonprofit agency regulations.
8. Use specialized equipment, software, and tools as required.
9. Analyze and interpret data for specified reports.
10. Identify opportunities for improvement in process and documentation related to the workplace.
11. Articulate job description and position in assigned organization.

1. Record of Student Internship workplace hours.
2. Individual Education Plan (IEP) as approved by supervision faculty.
3. A daily journal, or work log of tasks, including dates, descriptive comments, problems and solutions.
4. A reflective paper or project as specified by the supervision faculty.
5. A minimum of two evaluations by the workplace employer or supervisor.
6. Student's self-evaluation of experience.

ECN 299 - Independent Study Economics

1. Applied knowledge and skills
2. Learning objectives and competencies relevant to the discipline area and the community service setting
3. Critical analysis of the service-learning experience
4. Effective leadership, interpersonal, and writing skills
5. Evaluation and improvement of performance

1. Demonstrate the ability to apply discipline-specific knowledge and skills to a community-service setting.
2. Develop the individual educational plan with the faculty liaison and agency/business.
3. Accomplish the specific learning objectives and competencies.
4. Demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving, ethical awareness, and effective writing skills through discussions, a daily journal and an analytic paper.
5. Exhibit personal development and leadership foundation skills such as: acceptance of responsibility; self-confidence; respect for others and their views; social and interpersonal skills; initiative and follow-through.
6. Formulate a critical perception about civic responsibility, social problems, economic systems, cultural patterns, and policy issues.
7. Conduct a self-appraisal, evaluate the structured service-learning experience, and identify ways students may contribute to the local and regional needs of the community.

EDU 180 - Educational Technology: Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age

1. History of technology in educational settings
2. Current research on new education technologies
3. Electronic information sources
4. Technology innovations and teaching and learning
5. Current software available for teachers
6. The digital divide and challenges to educational equity and diversity posed by emerging technologies.
7. Ethical issues and emerging technologies within teaching and learning

1. Describe historically significant events related to technology and their relevance in educational settings. (1)
2. Recognize a broad spectrum of current leading-edge design-based research on new types of tools, applications, media, and environments in education, and the theories of learning that underlie these studies. (2)
3. Analyze electronic information sources and their impact on student decision making. (3)
4. Evaluate how innovations such as multi-user virtual environments, wireless mobile devices, digital teaching platforms for customizing learning, and augmented realities can support improved teaching and learning. (4)
5. Differentiate current software available for teachers, including software that is discipline-specific. (5) 
6. Consider how to use current software options to enhance teaching and learning. (5)
7. Analyze the digital divide and the challenges to educational equity and diversity (ethnicity and race) posed by emerging technologies and strategies for overcoming these problems. (6)
8. Evaluate ethical issues related to use of emerging technologies within teaching and learning. (7)

EDU 200 - Introduction to Education

1. Personal abilities, characteristics, and motives in teaching
2. Learning theories and applications to teaching
3. Diversity in the classroom
4. Effective teaching methods and strategies
5. Current issues in education
6. Research strategies and resources in education
7. Technology and instruction
8. Philosophical foundations of American education
9. Ethical and legal issues facing teachers
10. Critical thinking, reflective writing, and oral presentation 

1. Evaluate personal potential and options to select teaching as a career via classroom observations and the development of a personal philosophy of education. (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
2. Apply methods of teaching styles as they relate to student learning styles and design. (2,4,10)
3. Present appropriate classroom activities intended to achieve specific learning outcomes. (2,4,10)
4. Propose methods for addressing diversity in the classroom. (3)
5. Reflect on major issues and trends in education, including technology, the historical development of education, and areas of legal and ethical concern. (5, 7-9)

EDU 210 - Cultural Diversity in Education

1. Critical thinking concepts. 
2. Diverse nature of society. 
3. Historical events that have impacted multicultural students.
4. Current cultural issues that impacting teaching and learning. 
5. Appropriate teaching methods to meet the needs of diverse students. 

1. Describe the elements of the critical thinking process. (1) 
2. Describe the culturally diverse nature of society (2).
3. Identify historical events that have impacted multicultural and minority students. (3)  
4. Construct pertinent questions based on current issues that impact culturally diverse students. (4) 
5. Create effective solutions to problems related to multicultural education. (4)
6. Define the concept of multicultural education and its implementation in the public school classroom. (5) 
7. Design lesson plans that utilize best practices, including critical thinking, to foster cultural diversity in the classroom. (5) 

1. 10 observation hours.

EDU 222 - Introduction to the Exceptional Learner

1. Learner development and individual learning differences
2. Learning environments for children with exceptionalities that are culturally safe, inclusive and responsive
3. Curricular content delivery to children with exceptionalities
4. Instructional planning and strategies for children with exceptionalities
5. Foundations of the field of special education and ethical practices
6. Collaboration with family, other educators, related service providers, individuals with exceptionalities, and personnel from community agencies

1. Describe how exceptionalities can interact with development and learning to provide meaningful and challenging learning experiences for individuals with exceptionalities. (1)
2. Create culturally safe, inclusive and responsive learning environments that help individuals with exceptionalities become active and effective learners who develop emotional well-being, positive social interactions, and self-determination skills. (2)
3. Develop individualized learning (differentiated instruction) plans for individuals with exceptionalities. (3)
4. Adapt a repertoire of evidence-based instructional strategies to advance learning of individuals with exceptionalities. (4)
5. Describe the history of special education, the current laws that govern it (IDEA, Section 504, and ADA), and how curriculum standards affect students in special education. (5)
6. Explain the characteristics of the major disability categories as written in IDEA and of gifted and talented students and how socio-economic status, gender, culture, language, and risk factors affect students with special needs. (2,5)
7. Collaborate with others to address the needs of individuals with exceptionalities across a range of learning experiences. (2,5,6)

EDU 230 - Language and Literacy Experiences

1. Language and literacy processes
2. Biblographies
3. Reviewing and evaluating children's literature
4. Artistic content
5. Lesson plans utilizing children's literature
6. Storytelling and reading aloud

1. Describe language development leading to literacy. (1)
2. Define and use the common literary genres to develop literacy skills. (1-3,6)
3. Identify criteria for selecting quality children's literature. (2-4)
4. Plan developmentally appropriate lessons to promote language and literacy learning (1,5,6)
5. Identify literature for use in biblio-therapeutic contexts. (2,3)
6. Create a bibliography of literature for children. (2)
    

EDU 239 - Structured English Immersion Provisional Endorsement

1. ELL Proficiency Standards correlated to the K-12 AZ Academic Standards adopted by the AZ Board of Education.
2. Assessment tools
3. SEI law, history, principles, terminology.
4. Role of culture in learning and comprehension
5. SEI theory, methods, and strategies in the core curriculum.
6. Implementation and Integration of SEI.

1. Identify the legal and historical foundations related to policies and laws governing language instruction in Arizona. (3)
2. Explain how state laws and policies impact best practices in English language acquisition. (3, 5)
3. Discuss current trends and issues related to English language learners. (5, 6)
4. Define models of language instruction approved in Arizona classrooms, including Structured English Immersion (SEI) and bilingual models. (6)
5. Identify how SEI is implemented in Arizona classrooms, including program eligibility, proficiency assessments, individual language learner plans, and student accommodations. (2)
6. Create lesson plans using the English Language Learner proficiency standards while differentiating instruction and connecting to content area outcomes. (1)
7. Identify current and historical theories related to language acquisition. (5)
8. Define the elements of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, lexicon, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics.
9. Describe the roles culture, family engagement, and inclusion have on language acquisition. (4)

EDU 240 - Family and Community Partnerships

Description:  

School and family relationships with a focus on communication, ethics, professionalism and problem-solving. Impact of the community, its resources and referral systems. Emphasis on families, diversity, multicultural issues and parent involvement. This course is cross-listed with ECE 240 .

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0

Course Content:

1. Communication and listening skills 
2. Diversity in parenting and family structures 
3. Family and school relationships in multicultural settings 
4. Teacher roles 
5. Parent-teacher conferences 
6. Professionalism and ethics 
7. Community resources

1. Apply techniques of active listening and communicating. (1) 
2. Define teacher and parent roles in communication. (1-6) 
3. Identify familial differences and parenting styles. (2,3) 
4. Describe issues of professionalism and ethics in the early childhood field. (4,6) 
5. Identify resources and referral systems in the community. (7) 
6. Conduct parent/teacher conferences. (5)

EDU 296 - Internship: Education

1. Organizational overview of assigned placement
2. Integration of job description and organization's requirements
3. Elements of documentation of experience
4. Planning and time management
5. Professional, legal, and ethical issues
6. Communication, critical thinking, and problem solving
7. Specialized equipment, tools, and software required in the placement

1. Exhibit appropriate workplace behaviors and professional ethics.
2. Apply discipline specific knowledge and skills in the professional workplace.
3. Define and utilize technical terms in written and oral communications.
4. Use critical thinking, problem solving, ethical awareness, and effective writing
5. Interpret written and oral instructions.
6. Initiate and complete assigned responsibilities.
7. Maintain documentation required to comply with government employer or nonprofit agency regulations.
8. Use specialized equipment, software, and tools as required.
9. Analyze and interpret data for specified reports.
10. Identify opportunities for improvement in process and documentation related to the workplace.
11. Articulate job description and position in assigned organization.

1. Record of Student Internship workplace hours.
2. Individual Education Plan (IEP) as approved by supervision faculty.
3. A daily journal, or work log of tasks, including dates, descriptive comments, problems and solutions.
4. A reflective paper or project as specified by the supervision faculty.
5. A minimum of two evaluations by the workplace employer or supervisor.
6. Student's self-evaluation of experience.

EDU 299 - Independent Study Education

1. Applied knowledge and skills
2. Learning objectives and competencies relevant to the discipline area and the community service setting
3. Critical analysis of the service-learning experience
4. Effective leadership, interpersonal, and writing skills
5. Evaluation and improvement of performance

1. Demonstrate the ability to apply discipline-specific knowledge and skills to a community-service setting.
2. Develop the individual educational plan with the faculty liaison and agency/business.
3. Accomplish the specific learning objectives and competencies.
4. Demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving, ethical awareness, and effective writing skills through discussions, a daily journal and an analytic paper.
5. Exhibit personal development and leadership foundation skills such as: acceptance of responsibility; self-confidence; respect for others and their views; social and interpersonal skills; initiative and follow-through.
6. Formulate a critical perception about civic responsibility, social problems, economic systems, cultural patterns, and policy issues.
7. Conduct a self-appraisal, evaluate the structured service-learning experience, and identify ways students may contribute to the local and regional needs of the community.

ELT 101 - Basic Electricity

1. Basic principles of electricity: the atom, electric current, conductors and insulators, uses in the utility industry
2. Electric circuits: pressure, power, energy, Ohm's Law
3. Building DC circuits
4. Electric systems: generating, transmission, sub-station and distribution systems

1. Describe the uses of AC/DC circuits in the utility industry. (1)
2. Analyze AC/DC circuits using Ohm's Law. (2)
3. Analyze series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits. (3)
4. Describe electric generating stations and sub-stations. (4)
5. Describe the major components and functions of electric distribution systems. (4)

ELT 102 - Electronic Fundamentals

1. Laws of direct current circuits including voltage, resistance, current and power
2. Electrical measuring instruments and safety
3. Series, parallel and series-parallel circuits
4. Electrical connection skills including soldering.
5. Characteristics and laws of alternating-current
6. Transformer theory and operation
7. Reactive circuits including resonance and passive filters
8. Semiconductor theory and operation
9. Diode circuits and power supplies
10. Bipolar and field effect transistor biasing, operation, amplifiers and circuits
11. Thyristor and op amp biasing, operation and circuits

1. Identify the basic principles of DC: voltage, current, resistance and power. (1)
2. Measure DC and AC circuit parameters using safe practices for electronic test equipment. (2)
3. Troubleshoot series, parallel, and series-parallel DC circuits. (3)
4. Demonstrate soldering skills to install and remove electrical components including safe practices for ESD (electro-static discharge) sensitive parts. (4)
5. Describe the principles of AC: voltage, current, frequency, phase angle and power. (5)
6. Describe transformer action and operation including turns ratio, phase and power. (6)
7. Analyze reactive AC circuits including resonance and passive filters. (7)
8. Describe semiconductor doping, diode construction, biasing and operation. (8)
9. Troubleshoot diodes, specialty diode circuits and power supplies. (9)
10. Troubleshoot bipolar and field effect transistor circuits and amplifiers. (10)
11. Troubleshoot thyristor and op amp circuits. (11)

ELT 105 - Digital Fundamentals

1. Number systems, operations and codes
2. Logic gates, combinatorial and sequential logic
3. Architecture, instruction sets and interfacing of microprocessors and microcontrollers
4. Programming an Arduino microcontroller including debugging and troubleshooting

1. Convert numbers between various digital number systems. (1)
2. Troubleshoot logic gates, combinatorial and sequential circuits. (2)
3. Identify and describe the architecture, and explain the basic operation, of microprocessors and microcontrollers. (3)
4. Explain the assembly language instructions of selected microprocessors and microcontrollers. (4)
5. Troubleshoot microprocessor and microcontroller circuits. (4)

ELT 108 - 3-D Printer Operation and Maintenance

1. 3-D printing technologies
2. 3-D material properties and printing methods
3. 3-D printer operation
4. 3-D printer software and programming
5. 3-D printer calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting

1. Describe key 3-D printing technologies. (1)
2. Describe key material properties for 3-D printability for each printing technology. (2)
3. Describe basic 3-D printer operation. (3)
4. Fabricate models using 3-D printers. (3)
5. Program 3-D printers (4)
6. Maintain 3-D printers. (5)
7. Troubleshoot 3-D printers. (5)

ELT 111 - DC Electrical Systems

ELT 112 - AC Electrical Systems

1. Characteristics and laws of alternating-current
2. Transformer theory and operation
3. AC test equipment and safety
4. Capacitive and inductive circuits
5. Series and parallel RLC and resonant circuits
6. Single and polyphase motors

1. Describe the principles of alternating current: voltage, current, frequency, phase angle and power. (1)
2. Describe transformer action and operation including turns ratio, phase and power. (2)
3. Demonstrate safe electrical practices for electronic test equipment to measure voltage, frequency and phase angle in AC circuits. (3)                        
4. Analyze capacitive and inductive AC circuits. (4)
5. Troubleshoot series, parallel, and series-parallel RLC and resonant circuits. (5)
6. Troubleshoot single and poly-phase AC motors. (6)

ELT 115 - Conduits and Raceways

1. Conduit and raceway function
2. Conduit systems layout and assembly

1. Describe various types and materials of conduit. (1)
2. Describe the applications of the various types of conduit. (1)
3. Take precise measurements. (2)
4. Design safe, attractive conduit runs. (2)
5. Make clean, precise cuts and bends in the conduit. (2)
6. Demonstrate the use of connectors, hangers, and boxes according to relevant codes. (2)

ELT 126 - Solid State Devices

1. Semiconductor theory and operation
2. Diode power supplies and circuits
3. Bipolar transistor biasing, operation, amplifiers and circuits
4. Field effect transistor biasing, operation, amplifiers and circuits.
5. Thyristor biasing, operation and circuits

1. Describe semiconductor doping, diode construction, biasing and operation. (1)
2. Troubleshoot diode power supplies and specialty diode circuits. (2)
3. Troubleshoot bipolar transistor circuits. (3)
4. Troubleshoot field effect transistor circuits. (4)
5. Troubleshoot thyristor circuits. (5)

ELT 130 - Introduction to Robotics

ELT 135 - Robot Operator

Description: Fundamentals of robot operation including robot movement, robot sensing and decision-making with I/O devices. Students will have the opportunity to certify as FANUC HandlingTool Operator/Programmers and Universal Robots Operators. 

Credits: 2
Lecture: 1
Lab: 2

Course Content:

1. Robot anatomy
2. Robot motion
3. Robot sensing
4. Programming structure
5. Workcell types and features

 
Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and describe robot components including degrees of freedom and number of axes. (1)
2. Utilize multiple languages and teaching methods to program different types of robot motion. (2)
3. Utilize multiple languages and external devices to add sensing capabilities to a robot. (3)
4. Utilize widely-used programming structures in a variety of situations including conditional and unconditional branching, looping and the use of variables. (4)
5. Describe different types of robotic workcells and their applications. (5)
6. Utilize multiple languages to define robot and workcell features such as tool center points, remote tool center points, workcell safety borders and auxiliary workcell equipment. (5)

ELT 140 - Robot Vision

1. Vision system considerations and concepts
2. Vision configuration (software and hardware)
3. Camera setup and calibration
4. Error proofing
5. User frame application and calibration
6. Single and multi-view processes

1. Describe vision system considerations and concepts. (1)
2. Configure a vision system to communicate a between robot and the teaching computer. (2)
3. Calibrate a camera. (3)
4. Demonstrate error proofing. (4)
5. Create an application user frame. (5)
6. Execute a single and multi-view view process. (6)

ELT 141 - Electrical Apparatus

1. Fundamentals of transformer operation and protection
2. Single phase transformer operation and connections
3. Three-phase transformer operation and connections
4. Open Y- and Delta connections
5. Surge arrestor operation and installation
6. Capacitor bank operation and installation

1. Describe the parts, theory of operation, and function of transformers. (1)
2. Explain the differences between conventional and self- protected transformers and describe the appropriate uses of each. (1)
3. Draw the connections and utilize the procedures and techniques used to install single-phase transformers. (2)
4. Draw the connections and utilize the procedures and techniques used to install three-phase transformers. (3)
5. Draw the connections and utilize the procedures and techniques used to install open Y- and Delta transformers. (4)
6. Describe surge arresters and explain their operation, application, and use in the utility industry. (5)
7. Describe capacitor banks and explain their operation, application and installation on power lines. (6)

ELT 150 - Embedded Systems and IoT

1. IoT (Internet of Things) description and technologies
2. Embedded system components, interaction and interfacing
3. Hardware and software for IoT systems
4. IoT operating systems and programming
5. Embedded systems/IoT troubleshooting

1. Define the term "Internet of Things" and the technologies behind IoT: RFID and NFC, wireless networks and WSN, RTLS and GPS, agents and multiagent systems. (1)
2. Define what an embedded system is in terms of its interface. (2)
3. Describe the components of an embedded system. (2)
4. Describe the interactions of embedded systems with the physical world. (2)
5. Identify the core hardware components most commonly used in IoT devices. (3)
6. Describe the interaction between software and hardware in an IoT device. (3)
7. Describe the role of an operating system to support software in an IoT device. (4)
8. Evaluate embedded solutions for IoT situations using (embedded) computer systems interfaced to digital hardware. (4)
9. Troubleshoot embedded/IoT systems. (5)

ELT 162 - Mircroprocessors & Microcontrollers

Description: An introduction to microprocessor, and microcontroller architecture and programming. Topics include, memory, instruction sets, addressing modes, serial/parallel interfacing, and troubleshooting. Real-time applications are studied and verified on protoboards and actual microprocessors.

Credits: 2
Lecture: 1
Lab: 2

Course Content:

1. Architecture and instruction sets of microprocessors and microcontrollers
2. Programming in assembly and high-level languages
3. Microprocessor and microcontroller testing and troubleshooting

 
Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and describe the architecture, and explain the basic operation of microprocessors and microcontrollers. (1)
2. Explain the assembly language instructions of selected microprocessors and microcontrollers. (2)
3. Build, analyze and troubleshoot microprocessor or microcontroller circuits. (3)

ELT 165 - Programmable Logic Controllers

1. PLC architecture and memory organization
2. PLC instruction set and programming
3. Relay and ladder logic testing and troubleshooting

1. Identify and explain the function of each block within PLC architecture and describe memory of a PLC. (1)
2. Describe the PLC instruction set including addressing modes and write debug programs for a PLC. (2)
3. Identify, explain and draw ladder logic symbols and diagrams and utilize these to troubleshoot a PLC system. (3)

ELT 171 - Process Control Instrumentation

1. Process control
2. Foundations of measurement
3. Instrumentation to perform measurements of pressure, force, weight, motion, flow, level, and temperature
4. Analytical measurement to maximize system efficiency
5. Calibration and testing procedures

1. Describe the fundamental operation of a process control loop including ON/OFF and PID control. (1)
2. Describe how sensors are used to make field measurements and how these interface with a controller. (2)
3. Troubleshoot sensors and their transmitters including: temperature, flow, level, force, motion, weight and pressure. (3)
4. Troubleshoot instrumentation sensors and their transmitters to include: pH, salinity and conductivity. (4)
5. Troubleshoot a process control loop. (5)

ELT 183 - Digital Circuits

1. Number systems, operations and codes
2. Logic gates and combinatorial logic
3. Boolean algebra and logic simplification techniques
4. Flip-flops, counters and related sequential devices
5. Registers, memory and storage
6. Combinational logic devices including arithmetic circuits, data selectors, encoders, digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters
7. PLDs and VHDL
8. Elementary microprocessors
9. Design parameters and criteria

1. Convert numbers between digital number systems including binary, octal and hexadecimal. (1)
2. Troubleshoot logic gates and combinatorial logic circuits. (2)
3. Simplify complex logic circuits using Boolean algebra, sum-of-products and Karnaugh mapping. (3)
4. Troubleshoot flip-flop, digital counter and other sequential circuits. (4)
5. Troubleshoot registers, digital memory and storage devices. (5)
6. Troubleshoot combinational logic devices including adders and subtractors, multiplexers and demultiplexers, encoders and decoders, and digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters. (6)
7. Using an FPGA and VHDL, design and troubleshoot arbitrarily complex digital logic circuits and sequential machines given a reasonable problem statement. (7, 9)
8. Using an FPGA and VHDL, design and troubleshoot an elementary microprocessor. (7, 8, 9)
9. Set criteria to determine the "best" design and select the best design for implementation. (9)

ELT 201 - Introduction to Linework I

1. History of linework
2. Technological developments and current practices of linework
3. Pole climbing equipment and tools
4. Pole climbing techniques and safety practices
5. Grounding equipment and tools
6. Cover-up techniques and safety practices

1. Describe the history of the linework industry. (1)
2. Describe technological developments and current linework practices. (2)
3. Describe the equipment and tools used in pole climbing. (3)
4. Utilize safety techniques used in pole climbing. (4)
5. Describe the equipment and tools used in testing and grounding. (5)
6. Use the techniques used in cover-up. (6)

ELT 202 - Field Training I (Lineworker)

1. Climbing equipment and tools
2. Climbing safety and techniques
3. Ropes and rigging
4. Pole framing and setting
5. Building single phase lines

1. Use equipment and tools to climb utility poles. (1)
2. Utilize safe, industry-standard pole climbing techniques. (2)
3. Describe the types of rope used in the utility industry and their characteristics. (3)
4. Tie knots utilized in the utility industry. (3)
5. Employ effective team working skills. (4)
6. Demonstrate how to frame single and double cross arms. (4)
7. Build single- phase lines. (5)

1. Standardized pole climbing assessment.

ELT 211 - Introduction to Linework II

1. Hot sticking equipment and tools
2. Hot sticking techniques and safety practices
3. Lockout /tagout equipment and tools
4. Lockout /tagout techniques and safety practices

1. Describe the equipment and tools used in hot sticking. (1)
2. Employ techniques used in hot sticking. (2)
3. Describe the tools and equipment used in safe lockout/tagout procedures. (3)
4. Describe procedures used in communications for lockout /tagout procedures. (4)
5. Use industry-standard techniques for lockout/tagout. (4)

ELT 212 - Field Training II (Lineworker)

1. Equipment used in the utility industry
2. Live-line work practices
3. Three-phase electrical line construction and installation
4. Pole-top rescues
5. Bucket truck rescues
6. Underground line construction and installation
7. CDL standards

1. Describe safe operating techniques for the equipment used in the utility industry. (1)
2. Describe maintenance practices for keeping equipment in safe operating condition. (1)
3. Install three-phase electrical line systems. (3)
4. Demonstrate maintenance procedures for three-phase systems. (3)
5. Demonstrate procedures for rubber-gloving and hot-sticking power lines. (2, 3)
6. Demonstrate procedures for a safe pole-top and bucket-truck rescue. (4, 5)
7. Install underground power lines. (6)
8. Operate commercial equipment according to CDL standards. (5, 7)

ELT 220 - National Electrical Codes

1. National Electric Code (NEC)
2. Grounding and bonding
3. Boxes and enclosures
4. Cables
5. Raceways and conductors
6. Services and electrical equipment
7. General and specific provisions in a one family dwelling
8. Hazardous locations
9. National Electrical Code calculations
10. Blueprints and schematics

1. Explain the purpose of NEC. (1)
2. Interpret general requirements of NEC. (1-7)
3. Demonstrate acceptable wiring methods. (1-7)
4. Install equipment for general use. (1, 6)
5. Use the NEC code book to navigate common situations in the residential electric field. (1, 7, 8, 10)
6. Perform NEC calculations for residential dwellings and transformers. (9)
7. Interpret blueprints and schematics. (10)

ELT 221 - Communication Systems and Circuits

1. Communication systems
2. Signal analysis
3. Amplitude modulation (AM) transmitters and receivers
4. Frequency modulation (FM) transmitters and receivers
5. Transmission lines, antennas and wave propagation
6. Data communications

1. Describe a basic communication system. (1, 6)
2. Analyze communications signals including time, frequency and spectrum analysis. (2, 6)
3. Troubleshoot AM/FM circuits and systems. (3, 4)
4. Troubleshoot fiber optics circuits and systems. (5)
5. Troubleshoot transmission lines and antenna systems. (5)

ELT 258 - Electronic Troubleshooting

1. Troubleshooting methodology
2. Power supplies
3. Specialty diode circuits
4. Bipolar and field effect transistor and amplifier circuits
5. Thyristor and control circuits
6. Digital logic circuits

1. Demonstrate the six-step troubleshooting method. (1)
2. Troubleshoot diode power supply circuits. (2)
3. Troubleshoot specialty diode circuits. (3)
4. Troubleshoot bipolar and field effect transistor circuits and amplifiers (4)
5. Troubleshoot thyristor and control circuits. (5)
6. Troubleshoot digital logic circuits. (6)

ELT 272 - Motors and Motor Controls

1. Motor control electronics
2. Motor control drawings and schematics
3. Motor transformers and distribution
4. Motor control devices
5. AC/DC motors
6. Relays, contactors and motor starters
7. Adjustable speed drives

1. Troubleshoot motor control electronics. (1)
2. Analyze motor diagrams and schematics including: symbols, single line and block diagrams, and motor terminal connections and nameplate terminology. (2)
3. Analyze power distribution systems and transformer connections. (3)
4. Troubleshoot motor control devices to include switches, sensors and actuators. (4)
5. Troubleshoot AC/DC motors. (5)
6. Troubleshoot relays, magnetic contactors, and motor starters. (7)
7. Troubleshoot adjustable speed drives. (8)

ELT 295 - Apprenticeship: Electrical Instrumentation

1. Job description and organization requirements
2. Technical skill development
3. Workplace skills and professional ethics
4. Workplace safety

1. Repair and maintain required equipment. (2,4)
2. Adhere to all safety procedures. (1,3,4)
3. Incorporate proper company protocols in the workplace. (1)
4. Apply appropriate workplace behaviors and professional ethics. (3)
5. Use critical thinking, problem solving, ethical awareness and effective writing skills. (1-3)
6. Interpret written and oral instructions. (1,2)
7. Initiate and complete assigned responsibilities. (1)
8. Use specialized equipment, software and tools required. (1,2)

ELT 296 - Internship: Electrical Technician

1. Organizational overview of assigned placement
2. Integration of job description and organization's requirements
3. Elements of documentation of experience
4. Planning and time management
5. Professional, legal, and ethical issues
6. Communication, critical thinking, and problem solving
7. Specialized equipment, tools, and software required in the placement

1. Exhibit appropriate workplace behaviors and professional ethics.
2. Apply discipline specific knowledge and skills in the professional workplace.
3. Define and utilize technical terms in written and oral communications.
4. Use critical thinking, problem solving, ethical awareness, and effective writing
5. Interpret written and oral instructions.
6. Initiate and complete assigned responsibilities.
7. Maintain documentation required to comply with government employer or nonprofit agency regulations.
8. Use specialized equipment, software, and tools as required.
9. Analyze and interpret data for specified reports.
10. Identify opportunities for improvement in process and documentation related to the workplace.
11. Articulate job description and position in assigned organization.

1. Record of Student Internship workplace hours.
2. Individual Education Plan (IEP) as approved by supervision faculty.
3. A daily journal, or work log of tasks, including dates, descriptive comments, problems and solutions.
4. A reflective paper or project as specified by the supervision faculty.
5. A minimum of two evaluations by the workplace employer or supervisor.
6. Student's self-evaluation of experience.

ELT 299 - Independent Study Electronics Technology

1. Applied knowledge and skills
2. Learning objectives and competencies relevant to the discipline area and the community service setting
3. Critical analysis of the service-learning experience
4. Effective leadership, interpersonal, and writing skills
5. Evaluation and improvement of performance

1. Demonstrate the ability to apply discipline-specific knowledge and skills to a community-service setting.
2. Develop the individual educational plan with the faculty liaison and agency/business.
3. Accomplish the specific learning objectives and competencies.
4. Demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving, ethical awareness, and effective writing skills through discussions, a daily journal and an analytic paper.
5. Exhibit personal development and leadership foundation skills such as: acceptance of responsibility; self-confidence; respect for others and their views; social and interpersonal skills; initiative and follow-through.
6. Formulate a critical perception about civic responsibility, social problems, economic systems, cultural patterns, and policy issues.
7. Conduct a self-appraisal, evaluate the structured service-learning experience, and identify ways students may contribute to the local and regional needs of the community.

EMS 120 - Basic First Aid, CPR and AED

1. Scene safety for the responder, patient and others
2. General principles of patient assessment and providing first aid
3. Basic wound care
4. Basic CPR/AED for the lay rescuer
5. Environmental emergencies including: bites, stings, heat and cold

1. Manage scene safety including personal protective equipment in the workplace. (1,2)
2. Manage unresponsive adult or child. (4)
3. Apply steps of wound care including, but not limited to: bleeding control management and splinting swollen/deformed extremities. (3)
4. Perform CPR on an adult and use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to defibrillate an adult if needed. (4)
5. Show steps of care for the patient suffering from environmental emergencies. (5)

1. Hands-on practical manikin testing and a written test required at the completion of the course. A score of 84% or better required to become certified.

EMS 123 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for the Health Care Provider

1. Scene and personal safety in the workplace
2. Need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
3. Airway obstruction of the unconscious/conscious adult, child, and infant
4. Respiratory and cardiac arrest in adults, children, and infants
5. Two-person CPR in adults, children and infants
6. Automated external defibrillation in adults, children and infants

1. Manage scene safety including personal protective equipment in the workplace. (1,2)
2. Manage an obstructed airway in an unconscious/conscious adult, child and infant. (3)
3. Manage respiratory and cardiac arrest in adults, children and infants. (4)
4. Manage cardiac arrest using two-person CPR. (5)
5. Use an automated external defibrillator (AED) to defibrillate patients as needed. (6)

1. Hands-on practical manikin testing and a written test required at the completion of the course. A score of 84% or better required to become certified.

EMS 126 - Wilderness First Responder

1. Legal aspects of rendering aid
2. Scene safety and universal precautions
3. Primary and secondary patient assessment
4. Wilderness guidelines for CPR
5. Wilderness medical first aid: shock and bleeding, chest trauma, head and face trauma, spinal injuries, fractures, wound management, burns, cardiac and respiratory emergencies, scuba injuries, venomous bites and stings, drowning, lightning, toxicological emergencies
6. Medical kit
7. Patient packaging
8. Rescue and evacuation
9. Documentation

1. Identify legal issues and laws related to pre-hospital emergency care and action. (1, 4, 9)
2. Assess scene safety and use universal precautions. (2, 5-8)
3. Perform primary and secondary patient assessments in the wilderness setting. (3, 5, 9)
4. Perform CPR in the wilderness setting. (4, 5, 8)
5. Render medical first aid in the wilderness setting. (4, 5, 8, 9)
6. Create an emergency medical kit for wilderness response. (1, 2, 4-7, 9)
7. Prepare a patient for evacuation. (7, 8)
8. Plan and perform a rescue and evacuation. (2, 5, 7-9)
9. Document patient information, vital signs, assessment, plan, and patient monitoring. (1, 5, 9)

EMS 140 - Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support

Description: Management of traumatically injured individuals including sequence of assessment and techniques of resuscitation, stabilization and transport. Organized approach to trauma care for EMTs and nurses who evaluate and stabilize the trauma victim. Stresses conditions which cannot be stabilized in pre-hospital environment and require immediate transport. Designed for healthcare professionals including first responders, EMRs, EMTs, paramedics, RNs or other allied health professionals who hold suitable qualifications for understanding the materials.

Credits: 2
Lecture: 1
Lab: 1.5

Course Content:

1. Infectious disease precautions and equipment
2. Assessment of the trauma scene and patient
3. Fundamentals of basic trauma care.
4. Airway skills and management
5. Thoracic trauma skills and management
6. Head/Spinal trauma skills and management
7. Abdominal/extremity trauma skills and management
8. Shock evaluation and management
9. Burns management
10.  Special trauma populations

1. Conduct an injury assessment in the pre-hospital setting. (2, 3)
2. Maintain the airway patency and adequate ventilatory status of the injured patient. (3, 4)
3. Recognize and treat the signs and symptoms of hypovolemic shock in the injured patient. (2, 3, 5-9)
4. Identify those patients suffering head/spinal injuries that require spinal motion restriction. (2, 3, 6)
5. Manage a suspected lower extremity injury using an appropriate immobilization device. (1, 2, 6, 7)
6. Identify the most common blood borne viral illnesses to which EMS providers are likely to be exposed in the provision of trauma patient care. (1)
7. Select and employ the appropriate trauma treatments for the pre-hospital injured patient. (1-10)

1. Written Pre/post exams
2. Skill competency check off

EMS 142 - Emergency Medical Technician

1. Preparatory: EMS history, systems, medical-legal-ethical issues, communication, and documentation
2. Patient assessment: basic anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, patient assessment, and triage
3. Airway & ventilation: proper airway management, respiration, and ventilation
4. Pharmacology: all medications that can be administered or assisted with, within an EMT's scope of practice
5. Shock & resuscitation: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), bleeding, shock, and associated management principles
6. Medical: medical emergencies including respiratory, cardiac, stroke, diabetic, anaphylaxis, poisons, diseases, environmental, behavioral, emergency childbirth, and associated management principles
7. Trauma: soft tissue injuries, burns, fractures, head-chest-abdominal injuries, nervous system injuries, and associated management principles
8. Special patient populations: management of special situations using lifespan development principles
9. EMS operations

1. Perform one- and two-person cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for the adult, child, and infant patient according to the latest American Heart Association, Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider standards. (1-2, 5)
2. Manage scene safety, including personal protective equipment, in the workplace. (1, 9)
3. Determine priorities of care. (1-9)
4. Define the role, scope of practice, legal and ethical responsibilities of an EMT. (1-2)
5. Assess, manage, and stabilize patients of all ages suffering airway obstructions, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest with the use of CPR, automated external defibrillator, ventilatory assistance and oxygen. (1-6)
6. Assess, manage, and stabilize patients of all ages with medical emergencies and emergency childbirth. (1, 6, 8)
7. Assess, manage, and stabilize patients of all ages suffering bleeding, shock, soft tissue injuries, burns, fractures, nervous system injuries, head, chest, and abdominal injuries. (1-7)
8. Prepare the patient for transport to an appropriate medical facility with a minimum of aggravation to the patient's illness or injury. (1, 9)

EMS 142L - Emergency Medical Technician Lab

1. Preparatory: EMS history, systems, medical-legal-ethical issues, communication, and documentation
2. Patient assessment: basic anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, patient assessment, and triage
3. Airway & ventilation: proper airway management, respiration, and ventilation
4. Pharmacology: all medications that can be administered or assisted with, within an EMT's scope of practice
5. Shock & resuscitation: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), bleeding, shock, and associated management principles
6. Medical: medical emergencies including respiratory, cardiac, stroke, diabetic, anaphylaxis, poisons, diseases, environmental, behavioral, emergency childbirth, and associated management principles
7. Trauma: soft tissue injuries, burns, fractures, head-chest-abdominal injuries, nervous system injuries, and associated management principles
8. Special patient populations: management of special situations using lifespan development principles
9. EMS operations

1. Synthesize EMT standard of care and scope of practice to perform comprehensive patient assessment in a lab simulation setting. (1-9)
2. Demonstrate patient advocacy within the EMT standard of care and scope of practice in a lab simulation setting. (1-9)
3. Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviors consistent with EMT standard of care and scope of practice. (1-9)
4. Synthesize EMT standard of care and scope of practice to perform a differential diagnosis in medical emergencies and trauma in a lab simulation setting. (1-9)
5. Synthesize EMT standard of care and scope of practice to manage medical emergencies and trauma in a lab simulation setting. (1-9)
6. Pass the National Registry practical skills examination. (1-9)

EMS 143 - Emergency Medical Technician Practicum

1. Assessment and management of the trauma patient for all age groups
2. Assessment and management of the medical patient for all age groups
3. Assessment and management of the psychiatric patient for all age groups
4. Assessment and management of the OB/GYN patient for all age groups
5. Assessment and management of the neonatal/pediatric patient 
6. Assessment and management of the geriatric patient
7. Airway for all age groups
8. Assessment and management of the respiratory/cardiac emergency patient for all age groups
9. Skill drills and NREMT psychomotor skills for competency as an entry-level EMT

1. Synthesize EMT standard of care and scope of practice to perform comprehensive patient assessment in a clinical setting. (1-9)
2. Synthesize EMT standard of care and scope of practice to perform a differential diagnosis in medical and trauma emergencies in a clinical setting. (1-9)
3. Synthesize EMT standard of care and scope of practice to manage medical and trauma emergencies in the clinical setting. (1-9)

1. Prepare a comprehensive patient care report for each patient assessed in the hospital clinical setting.

EMS 162 - Introduction to Pharmacology for EMS Professionals

1. Regulation, legislation, and historic trends in pharmacology
2. Physiologic principles of pharmacology
3. Pharmacologic agents in the EMS professionals' scope of practice; drug names, classifications, mechanism of action, indications, and contraindications, side effects and adverse effects, adult and pediatric dosages, additional components of a drug profile, and storage, security and accountability
4. Types of drugs; therapeutic drugs, environmental substances, toxic substances, and drugs of abuse and misuse
5. Pharmacologic reference sources
6. Drug administration; preparation of drugs, principles of pharmacokinetics, routes of drug administration, basic modes of drug transport, stages of drug activity, factors affecting response to drugs, and special considerations in drug delivery

1. Describe regulation, drug legislation, and historic trends in pharmacology. (1)
2. Describe the physiologic principles of pharmacology. (2)
3. Describe common pharmacologic agents utilized by Emergency Medical Service professionals. (3, 4)
4. Identify pharmacologic reference sources for drug information. (5)
5. Interpret pharmacologic reference sources for drug information. (5)
6. Describe safe operation of equipment and technology used in the administration of drugs. (6)
7. Explain safe and effective techniques for the administration of drugs. (6)
8. Calculate drug dosages and infusions. (6)

EMS 164 - ECG Rhythm Analysis & Interpretation for EMS Professionals

1. Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system: pulmonary circulation, systemic circulation, effects of the autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular physiology (sequence of blood flow through the heart, cardiac cycle, stroke volume, cardiac output, preload and afterload, Frank-Starling Law, and receptor sites)
2. Basic electrophysiology: basic myocardial cell groups, primary properties of cardiac cells (automaticity, excitability, conductivity, contractility), major ions that affect cardiac function, movement of ions, cardiac depolarization, cardiac repolarization, and refractory periods
3. Electrical conduction system of the heart: location and function of each structure of the electrical conduction system of the heart, and normal pathway of an impulse through the electrical conduction system of the heart
4. The electrocardiogram (ECG): the basics of ECG monitoring, types of ECG leads, grids and markings on ECG graph paper, ECG waveforms, correlating ECG wave forms to cardiac events, steps to analyze the ECG tracing, calculate heart rate and heart rhythm, and causes of artifact
5. Analysis and interpretation of ECG rhythms and cardiovascular conditions
6. ECG rhythm interpretation and differential diagnosis for the acute coronary syndromes

1. Describe the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system. (1) 
2. Describe the electrophysiology of the cardiac conduction system. (2, 3)
3. Describe the types of ECG leads and views. (4)
4. Analyze ECG rhythms using standard methods. (5) 
5. Identify ECG abnormalities. (5)
6. Integrate knowledge of ECG guidelines, ECG, and structure and function of the cardiovascular and cardiac conduction systems to formulate a differential diagnosis for acute coronary syndromes. (6)

EMS 201 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Initial Provider in Paramedicine

1. Effective team dynamics: communication and roles
2. Respiratory assessment and management: signs and symptoms of respiratory pre-arrest and arrest (inadequate oxygenation, inadequate ventilation, respiratory distress, and respiratory failure), equipment and diagnostic technology and other evaluative resources, airway adjuncts (basic and advanced airway adjuncts and suctioning), ventilatory adjuncts, and ventilatory management (upper airway obstruction, lower airway obstruction, and other etiologies)
3. Pharmacology: routes of administration and pharmacologic agents
4. Assessment and management of cardiovascular conditions: signs and symptoms of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular conditions (stroke, dysrhythmias, acute coronary syndromes, and shock), equipment and diagnostic technology and other evaluative resources, electrical therapy (recognition and management of pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation, and safety procedures), management of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular conditions (stroke, dysrhythmias, acute coronary syndromes, and shock)

1. Communicate effectively with members of diverse groups. (1)
2. Effectively function within a multi-disciplinary team, recognizing roles and responsibilities. (1)
3. Manage respiratory pre-arrest and arrest, including signs and symptoms. (2)
4. Integrate pharmacology with the management of pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation. (3)
5. Integrate electrocardiogram rhythm recognition with the management of pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation according to current emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (4)
6. Describe safety procedures while performing electrical therapy. (4)
7. Manage cerebrovascular and cardiovascular conditions according to current emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (4)

EMS 202 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Initial Provider in Paramedicine

1. Effective team dynamics: communication and roles
2. Emergency cardiovascular care: basic life support and pediatric advanced life support
3. Respiratory assessment and management: signs and symptoms (inadequate oxygenation, inadequate ventilation, respiratory distress and respiratory failure), equipment and diagnostic technology and other evaluative resources, airway adjuncts (basic and advanced airway adjuncts and suctioning), ventilatory adjuncts, ventilatory management (upper airway obstruction, lower airway obstruction, and other etiologies)
4. Pharmacology: routes of administration and pharmacologic agents
5. Shock: etiology, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and management
6. Assessment and management of cardiovascular conditions: signs and symptoms of cardiovascular conditions (dysrhythmias, and other), equipment and diagnostic technology and other evaluative resources, electrical therapy (recognition and management of pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation and safety procedures), management of cardiovascular conditions (dysrhythmias and other)

1. Communicate effectively with members of diverse groups. (1)
2. Effectively function within a multi-disciplinary team, recognizing roles and responsibilities. (1)
3. Perform basic life support and pediatric advanced life support according to emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (2)
4. Identify signs and symptoms of inadequate oxygenation, ventilation, respiratory distress, and respiratory failure. (3)
5. Manage airway obstructions and etiologies of respiratory compromise in pediatric patients. (3)
6. Integrate pharmacology with the management of pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation. (4)
7. Manage shock by integrating the etiology, pathophysiology, and current pediatric advanced life support guidelines. (5)
8. Describe the clinical pathways that lead to cardiac arrest in infants and children. (6)
9. Integrate electrocardiogram rhythm recognition with the management of pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation in pediatric patients according to current emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (6)
10. Describe safety procedures while performing electrical therapy on pediatric patients. (6)
11. Manage pre-arrest, cardiac arrest, and post-resuscitation, according to current pediatric advanced life support and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. (6)

EMS 203 - International Trauma Life Support Provider/Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support

1. Emergency scene assessment
2. Comprehensive patient assessment  
3. Management of trauma; airway management, shock management, management of special populations (pregnancy, pediatric, geriatric, impaired, and other)  
4. Management of environmental emergencies

1. Perform scene size-up. (1)
2. Perform a comprehensive assessment. (2)
3. Manage the airway according to International Trauma Life Support/Prehospital Trauma Life Support guidelines. (3)
4. Manage shock according to International Trauma Life Support/ Prehospital Trauma Life Support guidelines. (3)
5. Manage various trauma conditions and environmental emergencies according to International Trauma Life Support/Prehospital Trauma Life Support guidelines. (3, 4)

EMS 211 - Emergency Medical Technician Refresher

Description: New techniques and review of principles in client care, basic life support and transportation of sick and injured. Meets Arizona Department of Health Services refresher training requirements.

Corequisite: On the first day of class, the student will need to submit:

1. One of the following -

a. Current certification from the DHS as an EMT or higher EMCT classification, or
b. Documentation of completion of prior training in an EMT course within the past two (2) years, or
c. Documentation of current National Registry of EMTs at the EMT or higher EMCT classification, or
d. Documentation from National Registry of EMTs requiring the student to complete the EMT refresher course to be eligible for registration in the National Registry of EMTs,

AND

2. Documentation of current certification in adult, pediatric, and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation through instruction consistent with American Heart Association recommendations for emergency cardiovascular care by EMCTs. This would include applicable courses from the following associations:  American Heart Association (AHA), American Red Cross (ARC), National Safety Council (NSC), Medic First Aid (MFA), American Health and Safety (ASHI) and the Military Training Network (MTN).

 

Credits: 2
Lecture: 2
Course Content:

1. Basic cardiac life support
2. Medical emergencies
3. Emergency childbirth and physical assessment
4. Trauma management
5. Psychological intervention
6. State certification and medical/legal requirements
7. Cardiac rhythms and automatic external defibrillator use
8. Intravenous monitoring, setting up lines

1. Apply updated knowledge and skills pertinent to the field of emergency medical services. (1-5)
2. Describe changes in state certification or medical/legal requirements. (6)
3. Treat cardiac emergencies using an automatic external defibrillator. (7)
4. Monitor intravenous fluids drips, set up IV bags and line, recognize problems and treat minor trouble with IV lines. (8)

EMS 239 - Airway and Ventilatory Management in Paramedicine

1. Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
2. Pathophysiology of the respiratory system
3. Formulating a differential diagnosis
4. Equipment and diagnostic technology
5. Techniques in the paramedic scope of practice for all age groups: airway patency, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respirations

1. Integrate knowledge of the respiratory system, anatomy, and physiology with a pathophysiologic assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis. (1-3)
2. Utilize diagnostic technology according to the standard protocol to perform a comprehensive assessment of respiratory function. (4)
3. Assure airway patency, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respiration for medical emergencies in all age groups using appropriate techniques according to the paramedic scope of practice. (5)
4. Assure airway patency, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respiration for trauma emergencies in all age groups using appropriate techniques according to the paramedic scope of practice. (5)

EMS 252 - Pharmacology in Paramedicine

1. Pathophysiologic principles of pharmacology
2. Pharmacologic agents in the paramedic scope of practice
3. Medical emergencies and trauma; comprehensive patient assessments, differential diagnosis, and management plans

1. Describe the pathophysiologic principles of pharmacology. (1)
2. Describe pharmacologic agents in the paramedic scope of practice. (2)
3. Integrate principles of pharmacology to provide a comprehensive patient assessment in the paramedic scope of practice for medical emergencies and trauma. (3)
4. Integrate principles of pharmacology to formulate a differential diagnosis in the paramedic scope of practice for medical emergencies and trauma. (3)
5. Integrate principles of pharmacology to implement a management plan in the paramedic scope of practice for medical emergencies and trauma. (3)

EMS 254 - Paramedic Practicum I

1. Paramedic standard of care and scope of practice
2. Comprehensive patient assessment
3. Patient advocacy
4. Ethical and professional behaviors  
5. Differential diagnosis
6. Patient management: medical emergencies and trauma

1. Synthesize paramedic standard of care and scope of practice to perform the comprehensive patient assessment in a clinical setting. (1, 2)
2. Demonstrate patient advocacy within the paramedic standard of care and scope of practice in a clinical setting. (1, 3)
3. Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviors consistent with paramedic standard of care and scope of practice. (1, 4)
4. Synthesize paramedic standard of care and scope of practice to perform a differential diagnosis in medical emergencies and trauma in a clinical setting. (1-5)
5. Synthesize paramedic standard of care and scope of practice to manage medical emergencies and trauma in a clinical setting. (1-6)

EMS 255 - Paramedic Refresher

Description: Review of advanced skills applied by certified emergency paramedics. Study of the anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and management of medical, obstetrical, pediatric emergencies, neurological injuries and specific chronic diseases related to the central nervous system, behavioral emergencies, respiratory emergencies, and shock.

Corequisite: On the first day of class, the student will need to submit:

1. One of the following-

a. Current certification from the DHS as an AEMT, EMT-I(99), or Paramedic, or
b. Documentation of completion of prior training in an AEMT level or higher course within the past two (2) years, or
c. Documentation of current National Registry of EMTs at the AEMT or Paramedic classification, or
d. Documentation from National Registry of EMTs requiring the student to complete the ALS refresher course to be eligible for registration in the National Registry of EMTs,

AND

2. Documentation of current American Heart Association certification in Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers and Advanced Cardiac Life Support

 

Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Course Content:

1. Medical and neurological patient assessment
2. Shock
3. Respiratory diseases
4. Pediatric advanced life support
5. Obstetrical emergencies
6. Gynecological emergencies
7. Behavioral emergencies
8. Advanced cardiac life support
9. Medical emergencies
10. Pre-hospital trauma life support
11. Neurological emergencies
12. Pharmacology
13. Invasive skills

1. Manage pre-hospital patient emergencies. (4, 8-10, 13)
2. Apply invasive skills approved by the Department of Health Services. (13)
3. Assess the patient with a medical emergency. (1-3, 5-9)
4. Assess a patient with neurological impairment. (1, 11)
5. Assess and manage a pediatric patient with a medical or traumatic emergency. (4)
6. Describe the specific indications, contraindications, dosing and possible side effects for drugs approved for paramedic administration by the Department of Health Services. (4, 8, 12, 13)
7. Describe the impact of prescribed drugs on patient care including drug interactions and side effects. (9,12)
8. Explain the pathology of shock and apply patient management strategies for each type of shock. (2)
9. Predict the pathophysiology and management of patients with differing medical and trauma emergencies. (9, 10, 13)

EMS 265 - Paramedic Practicum II

1. Paramedic standard of care and scope of practice 
2. Comprehensive patient assessment 
3. Patient advocacy 
4. Ethical and professional behaviors 
5. Differential diagnosis 
6. Patient management; medical emergencies and trauma 

1. Synthesize paramedic standard of care and scope of practice to perform comprehensive patient assessment in the out-of-hospital setting. (1, 2)
2. Demonstrate patient advocacy within the paramedic standard of care and scope of practice in the out-of-hospital setting. (1, 3)
3. Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviors consistent with paramedic standard of care and scope of practice. (1, 4)
4. Synthesize paramedic standard of care and scope of practice to perform a differential diagnosis in medical emergencies and trauma in the out-of-hospital setting. (1-5)
5. Synthesize paramedic standard of care and scope of practice to manage medical emergencies and trauma in the out-of-hospital setting. (1-6)

EMS 267 - Technical Operations in Paramedicine

Description: Provides an overview of emergency medical service systems, safety and wellness, resiliency, health, medical/legal and ethical issues, EMS communications, documentation, and crime scene awareness. Examines the paramedic's role and responsibility to assure personal, patient, and public health and safety in the provision of professional emergency care. 

Corequisite: EMS 203 , EMS 265 , EMS 269 , EMS 273 , and EMS 273L 

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0

Course Content:

1. Paramedic's roles and responsibilities: EMS system, public health, safety, and crime scene
2. Self-care: health, wellness, resiliency and other
3. Medical, legal, ethical concerns
4. Communication and documentation

1. Examine the paramedic's roles and responsibilities in the EMS system. (1)
2. Examine the paramedic's role and responsibilities in assuring public health and safety. (1)
3. Examine the paramedic's role and responsibilities at a crime scene. (1)
4. Practice self-care techniques that promote health, wellness, and resiliency. (2)
5. Examine medical, legal, and ethical issues within the paramedic scope of practice. (3)
6. Communicate effectively with members of diverse groups. (4)
7. Identify professional standards for documentation within the paramedic scope of practice. (4)

EMS 269 - Trauma Patient Management in Paramedicine

1. Paramedic's operational roles and responsibilities: transport operations, incident management, multi-casualty incidents, extraction, special rescue, hazardous materials, terrorism incidents, and disaster response
2. Triage principles and practice
3. Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), techniques, trauma conditions and environmental emergencies (hemorrhage, soft tissue trauma, burns, face and neck trauma, head and spine trauma, chest trauma, abdominal and genitourinary trauma, orthopedic trauma, and environmental emergencies)
4. Formulate a differential diagnosis
5. Management plan: pharmacologic agents, trauma conditions, and environmental emergencies (hemorrhage, soft tissue trauma, burns, face and neck trauma, head and spine trauma, chest trauma, abdominal and genitourinary trauma, orthopedic trauma, and environmental emergencies)

1. Explain the paramedic's operational roles and responsibilities in transport operations, incident management, multi-casualty incidents, extraction, special rescue, hazardous materials incidents, terrorism incidents, and disaster response. (1)
2. Integrate knowledge of triage principles and practice to categorize patients effectively in multi-casualty incidents. (2)
3. Perform comprehensive patient assessment utilizing technology and techniques according to the paramedic's scope of practice. (3)
4. Integrate pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, and comprehensive assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis for various trauma conditions. (3, 4)
5. Integrate knowledge of pharmacologic agents to manage various trauma conditions. (5)
6. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings to implement a patient management plan in the paramedic scope of practice for various trauma conditions. (5)

EMS 271 - Medical Emergencies in Paramedicine I

1. Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics, heart rhythm monitoring, and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), and techniques
2. Formulating a differential diagnosis
3. Management: pharmacologic agents, respiratory emergencies, and cardiovascular emergencies

1. Integrate pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, and comprehensive assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis for respiratory and cardiovascular emergencies. (2)
2. Integrate knowledge of pharmacologic agents to manage respiratory and cardiovascular emergencies. (3)
3. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings with simulation to implement a patient management plan in the Paramedic Scope of Practice for respiratory and cardiovascular emergencies. (1-3)

EMS 271L - Medical Emergencies in Paramedicine Lab

1. Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics, heart rhythm monitoring, and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), and techniques
2. Management: pharmacologic agents, respiratory emergencies, and cardiovascular emergencies
3. Competent performance of all required EMT skills and Paramedic respiratory, cardiovascular, and airway management skills
4. ECG rhythm interpretation and differential diagnosis for the acute coronary syndromes
5. Integration of the principles of pharmacology: patient assessments, differential diagnosis, and management plans

1. Perform comprehensive patient assessment utilizing technology and techniques according to the Paramedic Scope of Practice for respiratory and cardiovascular emergencies. (1, 2)
2. Perform base psychomotor skills at the EMT level for competency. All required EMT skills. (3)
3. Perform rote psychomotor skills at the Paramedic level for competency. All required Paramedic skills for management of respiratory and cardiovascular emergencies. (2, 3)
4. Place electrodes in the correct anatomical location needed for multi-lead ECG acquisition. (4)
5. Integrate principles of pharmacology to perform a patient assessment in the EMS professional scope of practice.  (5)
6. Integrate principles of pharmacology to formulate a differential diagnosis in the EMS professional scope of practice. (5)
7. Integrate principles of pharmacology to implement a management plan in the EMS professional scope of practice. (5)
8. Perform basic life support with advanced cardiac life support in a cardiovascular emergency. (1, 3)
9. Use basic and advanced airway adjuncts, suctioning to manage the airway, and ventilatory devices to maintain respirations. (1, 3)

EMS 272 - Medical Emergencies in Paramedicine II

1. Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), techniques, medical emergencies (neurologic, hematologic, immunologic, toxicologic, psychiatric, and infectious disease)
2. Formulating a differential diagnosis
3. Management plan: pharmacologic agents, medical emergencies (neurologic, hematologic, immunologic, toxicologic, psychiatric, and infectious disease)
4. Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), techniques, patient populations, and medical emergencies (gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal)
5. Management plan: pharmacologic agents, patient populations, and medical emergencies (gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal)

1. Perform comprehensive patient assessment utilizing technology and techniques according to the Paramedic Scope of Practice. (1)
2. Integrate pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, and comprehensive assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis for various medical emergencies. (1, 2)
3. Integrate knowledge of pharmacologic agents to manage various medical emergencies. (2, 3)
4. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings to implement a patient management plan in the Paramedic Scope of Practice for various medical emergencies. (3)
5. Integrate pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, and comprehensive assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis for gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal emergencies. (4)
6. Integrate knowledge of pharmacologic agents to manage gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal emergencies. (5)
7. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings to implement a patient management plan in the Paramedic Scope of practice for gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal emergencies. (5)

EMS 272L - Comprehensive Patient Assessment in Paramedicine I

Description: An overview of comprehensive patient assessment. Develops psychomotor skills in the Paramedic Scope of Practice through sequenced lab simulations. Integrates the pathophysiological significance of comprehensive assessment findings to formulate a differential diagnosis and implement a management plan for medical emergencies and trauma. 

Corequisite: EMS 202 , EMS 252 , EMS 254 , and EMS 272 

Credits: 4
Lecture: 1
Lab: 6

Course Content:

1. Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics, heart rhythm monitoring, and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), and techniques
2. Integration of assessment findings: differential diagnosis with simulation (medical emergencies and trauma; neurologic, hematologic, immunologic, toxicologic, psychiatric, infectious disease, gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal)
3. Integration of assessment findings: management plan with simulation (medical emergencies and trauma; neurologic, hematologic, immunologic, toxicologic, psychiatric, infectious disease, gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal)
4. Equipment and technology used in medication administration
5. Steps and techniques of medication administration

 
Learning Outcomes:

1. Perform comprehensive patient assessment utilizing technology and techniques according to the Paramedic Scope of Practice. (1)
2. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings with simulation to formulate a differential diagnosis. (2)
3. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings with simulation to implement a patient management plan in the Paramedic Scope of Practice for medical emergencies and trauma. (3)
4. Safely operate equipment and technology used in medication administration according to Paramedic Scope of Practice. (4)
5. Administer medication according to standard protocols. (5)

EMS 273 - Medical Emergencies in Paramedicine III

1. Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), techniques, medical emergencies (abdominal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, renal, endocrine, and diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat)
2. Formulating a differential diagnosis
3. Management plan: pharmacologic agents, medical emergencies (abdominal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, renal, endocrine, and diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat)
4. Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), techniques, patient populations and medical emergencies (geriatric and patients with special challenges)
5. Management plan: pharmacologic agents, patient populations and medical emergencies (geriatric and patients with special challenges)

1. Perform comprehensive patient assessment utilizing technology and techniques according to the Paramedic Scope of Practice. (1)
2. Integrate pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, and comprehensive assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis for various medical emergencies. (1, 2)
3. Integrate knowledge of pharmacologic agents to manage various medical emergencies. (3)
4. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings to implement a patient management plan in the Paramedic Scope of Practice for various medical emergencies. (3)
5. Integrate pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, and comprehensive assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis for geriatric emergencies and patients with special challenges. (4)
6. Integrate knowledge of pharmacologic agents to manage geriatric emergencies and patients with special challenges. (5)
7. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings to implement a patient management plan in the Paramedic Scope of Practice for geriatric emergencies and patients with special challenges. (5)

EMS 273L - Comprehensive Patient Assessment in Paramedicine II

1. Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics, heart rhythm monitoring, and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), and techniques
2. Integration of assessment findings: differential diagnosis with simulation (medical emergencies and trauma; abdominal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, renal, endocrine, diseases of eyes, ears, nose, and throat, geriatric, and patients with special challenges)
3. Integration of assessment findings: management plan with simulation (medical emergencies and trauma; abdominal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, renal, endocrine, diseases of eyes, ears, nose, and throat, geriatric, and patients with special challenges)

1. Perform comprehensive patient assessment utilizing technology and techniques according to the Paramedic Scope of Practice. (1)
2. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings with simulation to formulate a differential diagnosis. (2)
3. Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings with simulation to implement a patient management plan in the Paramedic Scope of Practice for medical emergencies and trauma. (3)

EMS 296 - Internship: Emergency Medical Services

1. Organizational overview of assigned placement
2. Integration of job description and organization's requirements
3. Elements of documentation of experience
4. Planning and time management
5. Professional, legal, and ethical issues
6. Communication, critical thinking, and problem solving
7. Specialized equipment, tools, and software required in the placement

1. Exhibit appropriate workplace behaviors and professional ethics.
2. Apply discipline specific knowledge and skills in the professional workplace.
3. Define and utilize technical terms in written and oral communications.
4. Use critical thinking, problem solving, ethical awareness, and effective writing
5. Interpret written and oral instructions.
6. Initiate and complete assigned responsibilities.
7. Maintain documentation required to comply with government employer or nonprofit agency regulations.
8. Use specialized equipment, software, and tools as required.
9. Analyze and interpret data for specified reports.
10. Identify opportunities for improvement in process and documentation related to the workplace.
11. Articulate job description and position in assigned organization.

1. Record of Student Internship workplace hours.
2. Individual Education Plan (IEP) as approved by supervision faculty.
3. A daily journal, or work log of tasks, including dates, descriptive comments, problems and solutions.
4. A reflective paper or project as specified by the supervision faculty.
5. A minimum of two evaluations by the workplace employer or supervisor.
6. Student's self-evaluation of experience.

EMS 299 - Independent Study Emergency Medical Services

1. Applied knowledge and skills
2. Learning objectives and competencies relevant to the discipline area and the community service setting
3. Critical analysis of the service-learning experience
4. Effective leadership, interpersonal, and writing skills
5. Evaluation and improvement of performance

1. Demonstrate the ability to apply discipline-specific knowledge and skills to a community-service setting.
2. Develop the individual educational plan with the faculty liaison and agency/business.
3. Accomplish the specific learning objectives and competencies.
4. Demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving, ethical awareness, and effective writing skills through discussions, a daily journal and an analytic paper.
5. Exhibit personal development and leadership foundation skills such as: acceptance of responsibility; self-confidence; respect for others and their views; social and interpersonal skills; initiative and follow-through.
6. Formulate a critical perception about civic responsibility, social problems, economic systems, cultural patterns, and policy issues.
7. Conduct a self-appraisal, evaluate the structured service-learning experience, and identify ways students may contribute to the local and regional needs of the community.

EGR 102 - Introduction to Engineering

1. Engineering as a careerand profession
2. Ethics
3. Analysis and problem solving
4. Design processes
5. Project management and teamwork skills

1. Describe the engineering profession. (1)
2. Describe engineering ethics, including professional practice and licensure. (1,2)
3. Use technical communication skills when presenting the results of group projects. (3)
4. Explain engineering analysis and design processes. (3-4)
5. Analyze data collected during laboratory procedures from a variety of engineering disciplines. (3,5)
6. Design a simple engineering device, write a design report, and present the design. (4,5)

EGR 180 - CAD (Computer Aided-Drawing) with SolidWorks

1. Engineering graphics
2. Parametric modeling
3. Geometric constructs
4. Dimensioning and tolerancing
5. Working drawings

1. Define engineering graphics and explain its history. (1)
2. Decribe and show the basic parametric modeling procedure. (2)
3. Create 2D sketches in SolidWorks using dynamic viewing commands and parametric dimensions. (2)
4. Illustrate the different extrusion options in SolidWorks and utilize geometric relations to display and modify parametric relations. (3)
5. Define dimensioning nomenclature and create drawing layouts from solid models. (4)
6. Set up the tolerancing option in SolidWorks to meet ANSI and ISO standard fits. (4)
7. Use the assembly modeling methodology to place parts using SolidWorks SmartMates. (5)
8. Create exploded assemblies and assembly drawings in SolidWorks. (5)
    

ENG 085 - College Literacy Skills

1. Vocabulary development 
2. Organizational patterns 
3. Main ideas and supporting details 
4. Summarizing 
5. Reading rate and strategies 
6. Critical reading for purpose, tone, and bias 
7. Critical reading for fact and opinion, inferences and conclusion 

1. Employ various strategies to define vocabulary, including context, word parts, and dictionary use. (1) 
2. Identify organizational patterns in reading. (2) 
3. Identify main ideas and major and minor supporting details in readings. (3) 
4. Write effective summaries. (4) 
5. Apply appropriate reading rates and strategies for college-level material. (5) 
6. Identify author's purpose, tone, and bias. (6) 
7. Distinguish between fact and opinion and logical inferences and conclusions. (7) 

ENG 095 - Fundamental Skills for College Composition

1. Vocabulary development
2. Organizational patterns and strategies
3. Main ideas and supporting details
4. Summarizing
5. Critical reading
6. Sentence structure
7. Surface features
8. Documentation

1. Employ various strategies to define vocabulary, including context, word parts, and dictionary use. (1)
2. Incorporate appropriate and varied vocabulary in writing. (1)
3. Identify organizational patterns in reading. (2)
4. Develop organizational strategies in writing. (2)
5. Identify main ideas and major and minor supporting details in readings. (3)
6. Develop main ideas and select details in writing. (3)
7. Write effective summaries. (4)
8. Identify author's purpose, tone, and bias. (5)
9. Apply sentence structure strategies. (6)
10. Apply conventions of standard written English. (7)
11. Review the basics of citation and avoiding plagiarism. (8)

ENG 100 - Introductory Composition

1.  Essay content
2. Organization and structure
3. Purpose and audience
4. Language
5. Grammar and punctuation
6. Research

1. Write thesis statements. (1)
2. Develop and select details. (1)
3. Develop organizational strategies. (2)
4. Apply logical development strategies reflecting knowledge about a topic. (2)
5. Demonstrate purpose and audience awareness. (3)
6. Select and apply voice. (3)
7. Apply sentence structure strategies. (4)
8. Incorporate varied and appropriate vocabulary. (4)
9. Apply conventions of standard written English. (5)
10. Identify main idea and support in sources. (6)
11. Document sources. (6)

1. A minimum of 4,000 words of monitored student writing. 

ENG 101 - College Composition I

1. Essay content
2. Organization and structure
3. Purpose and audience
4. Language
5. Grammar and punctuation
6. Research

1. Write thesis statements. (1)
2. Select content and details. (1)
3. Use organizational strategies. (2)
4. Apply reasoned development strategies reflecting knowledge about a topic. (2)
5. Use persuasive reasoning. (3)
6. Select and apply voice. (3)
7. Apply sentence structure strategies. (4)
8. Incorporate purposeful, varied and appropriate vocabulary. (4)
9. Apply conventions of standard written English. (5)
10. Locate and evaluate information. (6)
11. Analyze and interpret information. (6)
12. Integrate and document information. (6)

1. A minimum of 4,500 words of monitored student writing.

ENG 101A - College Composition I with Writing Skills Review

1. Essay Content 
2. Organization and structure
3. Purpose and audience 
4. Language 
5. Grammar and punctuation 
6. Research

1. Write thesis statements. (1)
2. Develop and select details. (1)
3. Develop organizational strategies. (2)
4. Apply logical development strategies reflecting knowledge about a topic. (2)
5. Demonstrate purpose and audience awareness. (3)
6. Select and apply voice.  (3)
7. Apply sentence structure strategies.  (4)
8. Incorporate varied and appropriate vocabulary. (4)
9. Apply conventions of standard written English. (5)
10. Identify main idea and support in sources. (6)
11. Document sources. (6)

1. A minimum of 4500 words of monitored student writing.

ENG 102 - College Composition II

1. Essay Content
2. Organization and structure
3. Purpose and audience
4. Language
5. Grammar and punctuation
6. Research 

1. Write thesis statements. (1)
2. Use and select content and details. (1)
3. Interpret and analyze texts. (1)
4. Use organizational strategies. (2)
5. Apply reasoned development strategies reflecting knowledge about a topic. (2)
6. Identify and evaluate multiple meanings and perspectives in language. (3)
7. Select and apply voice. (3)
8. Apply sentence structure strategies. (4)
9. Incorporate purposeful, varied and appropriate vocabulary. (4)
10. Apply conventions of standard written English. (5)
11. Locate and evaluate information. (6)
12. Analyze and interpret information. (6)
13. Integrate and document information. (6)

1. A minimum of 5,000 words of monitored student writing.

ENG 103 - College Composition I Honors

1. Focus 
2. Development strategies 
3. Voice 
4. Organization 
5. Details 
6. Sentence structure 
7. Language 
8. Sources and documentation 
9. Surface features 
10. Critical reading 
11. Critical thinking 

1. Write focus statements. (1) 
2. Apply reasoned development strategies. (2,11) 
3. Select and apply voice. (3,11) 
4. Use organizational strategies. (1,2,4,6,11)  
5. Use and select details. (5,7,11) 
6. Apply sentence structure strategies. (4,6,7)
7. Incorporate purposeful, varied and appropriate vocabulary. (1,3,5,7,11) 
8. Locate, evaluate, integrate, and document information. (2,8,10,11) 
9. Apply conventions of standard written English. (7,9,10)
10. Evaluate and analyze professional and student writing. (7,8,10,11) 
11. Use persuasive reasoning. (2,3,7,11) 

1. A minimum of 4500 words of student writing.
    

ENG 104 - College Composition II Honors

1. Focus 
2. Development strategies 
3. Voice 
4. Organization 
5. Details 
6. Sentence structure 
7. Multiple meanings and perspectives in language 
8. Sources and documentation 
9. Surface features 
10. Text interpretation and analysis 
11. Critical reading 

1. Write focus statements. (1) 
2. Apply reasoned development strategies. (2) 
3. Select and apply voice. (3) 
4. Use organizational strategies. (1, 2, 4, 6, 10) 
5. Use and select details. (5, 7, 10) 
6. Apply sentence structure strategies. (4, 6) 
7. Identify and evaluate multiple meanings and perspectives in language. (7, 10) 
8. Locate, evaluate, integrate, and document information. (2, 8, 10) 
9. Apply conventions of standard written English. (7, 9, 10) 
10. Interpret and analyze texts. (7, 8, 10) 
11. Evaluate and analyze professional and student writing. (11) 

1. A minimum of 5000 words of student writing.
    

ENG 136 - Professional Writing in the Workplace

1. Writing skills: active verbs, specific details, imperative tone, parallelism, and information literacy
2. Workplace communication skills: memorandums, business letters, emails, blog posts, etc.
3. Outline development
4. Graphical integration: instructions, presentations
5. Technical project skills: research, reports, proposals
6. Audience and rhetorical situation
7. Workplace dynamics
8. Content production and delivery processes

1. Demonstrate practical writing skills for workplace proficiency. (1,2)
2. Create digital and written communication documents integrating data. (2)
3. Develop organizational strategies to support the creation of written and digital workplace documents for a variety of purposes. (3)
4. Write effective instructions incorporating graphics to communicate with peers and clients. (4)
5. Conduct research to support workplace documents and/or to explore technical communication careers. (5)
6. Analyze the rhetorical situation of digital and written communication to adapt for internal and external audiences; hierarchies and roles; and for psychological, social, cultural, and political factors. (6)
7. Discuss dynamics of organizational psychology in the workplace for the purpose of improving communication. (7)
8. Analyze the content production and delivery processes of the workplace writer through the analysis of written documents, digital content, and oral presentations. (8)

ENG 139 - Introduction to Creative Writing

1. Analysis of literary and student texts
2. Elements of poetry (e.g. specific language, imagery, sound devices)
3. Elements of fiction and creative non-fiction (e.g. plot, viewpoint, characterization)
4. Methods of critiquing and revising
5. Workshop methodology for creative writing
6. Sources and documentation

1. Analyze and evaluate literary and student texts. (1-5)
2. Identify and apply poetic elements (e.g. specific language, imagery, sound devices) (1,2)
3. Identify and apply elements of fiction and creative non-fiction (e.g. plot, viewpoint, characterization). (1,3)
4. Critique and revise personal writing. (4)
5. Use workshop process. (5)
6. Apply research methods and effectively integrate, synthesize and document sources in written work. (1-6)

ENG 141 - Introduction to Poetry

1. Elements of poetry writing (e.g., imagery, stanza, internal rhyme, alliteration, consonance)
2. Close reading of literary and student texts
3. Methods of crafting, critiquing, and revising poetry

1. Identify elements of poetry (e.g., imagery, stanza, internal rhyme, alliteration, consonance). (1)
2. Apply elements of poetry ((e.g., imagery, stanza, internal rhyme, alliteration, consonance). (1)
3. Analyze literary texts. (2)
4. Evaluate student texts. (2)
5. Write poetry. (3)
6. Critique poetry of self and others. (3)
7. Revise own poetry. (3)

1. Minimum of five pieces (poems) of monitored writing.

ENG 143 - Memoir Writing

1. Elements of memoir
2. Critical reading of literary and student texts
3. Methods of crafting, critiquing, and revising memoir essays and larger works

1. Identify and apply elements of memoir. (1)
2. Analyze and evaluate literary and student texts. (2)
3. Write, critique, and revise memoir pieces. (3)

1. Minimum of 5,000 words monitored writing.

ENG 144 - Short Story Writing

1. Elements of fiction writing (e.g., plot, viewpoint, characterization)
2. Close reading of literary and student texts
3. Methods of crafting, critiquing and revising short stories

1. Identify and apply elements of fiction (e.g. plot, viewpoint, characterization). (1)
2. Analyze and evaluate literary and student texts. (2)
3. Write, critique and revise own writing. (3)

1. Minimum of 5,000 words monitored writing

ENG 185 - Sports in Literature and Media

1.  History, philosophy, and psychology
2.  Rhetorical strategies
3. Race, gender, socioeconomics, and ethics
4. Themes in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays

1. Outline the global history of sports in literature and media. (1)
2. Describe the connections between sports and culture and the ways those connections are expressed in literature. (4)
3. Discuss philosophies and psychologies of sports as reflected in literature and media. (4)
4. Articulate how sports operate as both a creative and coercive form of personal and communal expression in society. (2, 3)
5. Analyze how rhetorical strategies and techniques are used in sports media. (2)
6. Survey challenges and current debates of race, gender, socioeconomics, and ethics in sports as reflected in media and literature. (2-4)
7. Compare the prevalent themes of sports fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and film. (4)
8. Apply literary criteria (plot, characterization, settings, style, point of view, theme, tone) to sports fiction. (4)

ENG 198 - Creative Writing Workshop:

1. Creative writing component(s)
2. Personalized expression
3. Individual and group critique
4. Application of designated craft component(s) and principles

1. Explore creative writing component(s). (1)
2. Apply component(s) to personal expressions. (2)
3. Present and critique creative writing component(s). (3)
4. Identify, analyze, and synthesize creative writing component(s). (4)

ENG 205 - Children's and Young Adult Literature

1. History of the genre
2. Key influences and contributors to children's and young adult literature
3. Tools and methods of evaluation, literary criticism, and scholarly research
4. Geographical, historical, and social influences on children's and young adult literature, including issues of race, gender, and sexuality

1. Evaluate children and young adult literature trends and popularity across time and cultures (1, 2, 4) 
2. Survey subgenres within young adult literature (2, 4) 
3. Apply literary criteria (plot, characterization, settings, style, point of view, theme, tone) to children and young adult literature. (3, 4) 
4. Analyze common cultural issues and perspectives presented in young adult literature (2-4) 

1. At least 2500 words of monitored essay writing. 

ENG 210 - Introduction to Rhetoric

1. History of rhetoric
2. Key influences and contributors to the development of rhetoric
3. Key rhetorical terms and concepts
4. Classical and modern samples of communication
5. Scholarly and reasonable communication

1. Explain the history of rhetoric. (1)
2. Identify key influences and contributors to the development of rhetoric. (2)
3. Define key rhetorical terms and concepts. (3)
4. Critique classical and modern samples of communication. (4)
5. Use rhetoric to construct a coherent, reasonable, and innovative argument supported by scholarly resources. (5)

ENG 211 - British Literature: Beginning to 18th Century

Exploration of major artistic, historical, cultural, philosophical, gender, and genre issues represented in selected works from Medieval, Renaissance, 17th and 18th century British literature.

Prerequisites: ENG 101  or ENG 103 . Reading Proficiency.

General Education Competency: Written Communication; Diversity

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Course Content:

1. Characteristic elements and examples of literary texts and genres (themes, structure, style, types, and analysis) 
2. Factors that affect critical reading and response: issues of translation, ethnocentrism, gender, and bias/prejudice 
3. Historical, geographical, cultural, ethnic, race and gender contexts for the study of British literature from the beginning to the 18th century 
4. Conceptual frameworks applied to British literature from the beginning to the 18th Century: definitions of culture, gender, race, and ethnicity; literary terminology; aesthetic movements 
5. Information literacy skills related to independent research

1. Classify, analyze and compare representative works of British literature from the Beginning to 18th Century within thematic, cultural, and aesthetic frameworks. (1)
2. Analyze cultural, linguistic, historical and other factors that influence perspectives on British literature from the beginning to the 18th Century, including attitudes about race, gender, and ethnicity. (2) 
3. Evaluate the role of literature in illuminating, challenging and/or perpetuating prejudice and social inequalities. (3) 
4. Explain and apply key terms and concepts related to literature and cultural diversity. (4) 
5. Employ tools of scholarship to communicate on issues of race, ethnicity and gender to British literature from the beginning to the 18th Century. (5) 

1. Demonstrate thoughtful and precise writing skills by completing at least 2500 words of monitored writing.
    

ENG 212 - British Literature 1798 to Present

1. Characteristic elements and examples of literary texts and genres (themes, structure, style, types, and analysis) 
2. Factors that affect critical reading and response: issues of translation, ethnocentrism, gender, and bias/prejudice 
3. Historical, geographical, cultural, ethnic, race and gender contexts for the study of British literature from 1798 to present 
4. Conceptual frameworks applied to British literature from 1798 to present: definitions of culture, gender, race, and ethnicity; literary terminology; aesthetic movements 
5. Information literacy skills related to independent research 

1. Classify, analyze and compare representative works of British literature from 1798 to present within thematic, cultural, and aesthetic frameworks. (1)
2. Analyze cultural, linguistic, historical and other factors that influence perspectives on British literature from 1798 to present, including attitudes about race, gender, and ethnicity. (2) 
3. Evaluate the role of literature in illuminating, challenging and/or perpetuating prejudice and social inequalities. (3)
4. Explain and apply key terms and concepts related to literature and cultural diversity. (4) 
5. Employ tools of scholarship to communicate on issues of race, ethnicity and gender in British literature from 1798 to present. (5) 

1. Demonstrate thoughtful and precise writing skills by completing at least 2500 words of monitored writing.

ENG 217 - Major Issues in World Literature

1. Characteristic elements and examples of literary texts and genres (themes, structure, style, types and analysis) 
2. Factors that affect critical reading and response: issues of translation, ethnocentrism, gender, and bias/prejudice 
3. Geographical, historical, cultural, ethnic, race and gender contexts for the study of world literature. 
4. Conceptual Frameworks: definitions of culture, gender, race and ethnicity; literary terminology; aesthetic movements 
5. Applying information literacy skills to independent research about issues of diversity in world literature 

1. Classify, analyze and compare representative works of world literature within thematic, cultural and aesthetic frameworks. (1)
2. Analyze cultural, linguistic, historical and other factors that influence perspectives on world literature and attitudes about race, gender and ethnicity. (2)
3. Evaluate the role of literature in illuminating, challenging and/or perpetuating prejudice and social inequalities. (3)
4. Explain and apply key terms and concepts related to literature and cultural diversity. (4)
5. Employ tools of scholarship (thoughtful and precise writing, critical reading, intellectual curiosity, independent thinking and intelligent discourse) to world literature and communication of issues of race, ethnicity and gender. (5)

ENG 220 - Introduction to Language and Culture

1. History of the English language in the US
2. Introduction to field of linguistics
3. Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics
4. Dialects & register
5. Approaches to grammar and language
6. Effects of context, culture, and technology on language

1. Discuss the history of the English language in the United States. (1)
2. Describe the way language works and develops across cultures and contexts, including how the use of language is associated with power. (1)
3. Identify key concepts and terminology needed to describe and analyze language. (2-4)
4. Analyze language by connecting technical linguistic information to daily experiences with language across cultures and contexts, including contemporary and historical spoken, written, and digital registers and genres. (3, 4)
5. Explain the difference between prescriptive and descriptive approaches to grammar and language. (5)
6. Analyze the effects of context, culture, and technology on language in the US. (6)

1. 2500 words of monitored writing. A minimum of 1500 of these words must be in the form of a scholarly essay. 

ENG 230 - Introduction to Literature

1. Formal attributes of literary texts 
2. Genre 
3. Close reading 
4. Literary criticism 
5. Meanings and etymologies of English words 
6. Contextual influences on works of literature 
7. Scholarly research and documentation 
8. Rhetorical strategies 
9. Surface features 

1. Define key terms and give examples of literary devices in a variety of works of literature. (1, 3)
2. Identify and compare works from a variety of genres. (2, 3) 
3. Discuss various approaches to literary criticism and apply their methods to works of literature. (4, 3)
4. Analyze how language contributes to the meaning of a work of literature. (5) 
5. Determine and analyze the contextual (social, cultural, political, historical) influences on works of literature. (6, 7)
6. Conduct scholarly research. (7) 
7. Document sources in MLA style. (7) 
8. Determine the relationships between and among audience, text, and author in a variety of genres and texts, and employ rhetorical strategies in critical writing about texts. (8) 
9. Apply conventions of standard written English. (9) 

1. Demonstrate thoughtful and precise writing skills by completing at least 2500 words of monitored writing. 

ENG 237 - Women in Literature

1. Characteristic elements of literature (theme, figurative language, characterization) and introduction to genres (essay, poetry, short story, novel) 
2. Tools and methods of literary criticism and scholarly research 
3. Geographical, historical, and social influences on women's literature including issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and sexuality 
4. Historical portraits of women from selected time periods with emphasis on images of female protagonists as portrayed by male and female writers 
5. Archetypal approach to the study of portraits of women by male and female writers

1. Define key literary terms, and apply them to the study of selected works of women's literature from a variety of genres. (1)
2. Apply the tools and methods of literary criticism and scholarly research to selected works of women's literature. (2)
3. Discuss and analyze geographical, historical, and social influences on women's literature, including issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and sexuality. (3)
4. Analyze historical portrayals of female protagonists in literature. (4)
5. Identify the various archetypal patterns of women throughout history and literary periods. (5)

1. Demonstrate thoughtful and precise writing skills by completing at least 2500 words of monitored writing. A minimum of 1500 of the 2500 words will be in the form of a scholarly essay.

ENG 240 - American Literature to 1865

1. Characteristic elements and examples of literary texts and genres (themes, structure, style, types and analysis) 
2. Factors that affect critical reading and response: issues of translation, ethnocentrism, gender, and bias/prejudice 
3. The historical, religious, geographical, cultural, ethnic, race and gender contexts for the study of American literature before 1865 
4. Conceptual frameworks applied to American literature from 1865 to present: definitions of culture, gender, race and ethnicity; literary terminology; aesthetic movements such as Romanticism, Trancendentalism and the literature of abolition 
5. Information literacy skills related to independent research 

1. Classify, analyze and compare representative works of American literature from before 1865 within thematic, cultural and aesthetic frameworks. (1)
2. Analyze cultural, linguistic, historical and other factors that influence perspectives on American literature before 1865, including attitudes about race, gender and ethnicity. (2) 
3. Evaluate the role of literature in illuminating, challenging and/or perpetuating prejudice and social inequalities. (3) 
4. Explain and apply key terms and concepts related to literature and cultural diversity. (4) 
5. Employ tools of scholarship on issues of race, ethnicity and gender to American literature from before 1865. (5) 

1. Demonstrate thoughtful and precise writing skills by completing at least 2,500 words of monitored writing.

ENG 241 - American Literature 1865 to Present

1. Characteristic elements and examples of literary texts and genres (themes, structure, style, types and analysis)
2. Factors that affect critical reading and response: issues of translation, ethnocentrism, gender, and bias/prejudice
3. Historical, geographical, cultural, ethnic, race and gender contexts for the study of American literature from 1865 to present
4. Conceptual frameworks applied to American literature from 1865 to present: definitions of culture, gender, race and ethnicity; literary terminology; aesthetic movements
5. Information literacy skills related to independent research
6. Contextual frameworks for interpreting literary works

1. Classify, analyze and compare representative works of American literature from 1865 to present within thematic, cultural and aesthetic frameworks. (1) 
2. Analyze cultural, linguistic, historical and other factors that influence perspectives on American literature from 1865 to present, including attitudes about race, gender and ethnicity. (2)
3. Evaluate the role of literature in illuminating, challenging and/or perpetuating prejudice and social inequalities across historical periods from the Civil War to the present. (3)
4. Explain and apply key terms and concepts related to literature and cultural diversity. (4) 
5. Employ tools of scholarship on issues of race, ethnicity and gender to American literature from 1865 to present. (5)
6. Employ tools of scholarship to contextual, social and historical frameworks to interpret American literature from 1865 to present. (6)

1. Demonstrate thoughtful and precise writing skills by completing at least 2,500 words of monitored writing.

ENG 242 - Introduction to Shakespeare

1. Characteristic elements of literature (theme, figurative language, characterization) and introduction to genres (tragedies, comedies, histories, sonnets, poems)
2. Tools and methods of literary criticism and scholarly research
3. Geographical, historical, and social influences on Shakespeare's literature including issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and sexuality
4. Universal themes in Shakespeare's literature
5. Adaptations and performances of Shakespeare's work (live theater or film)

1. Define key literary terms, and apply them to the study of selected works of Shakespeare's literature including genres of plays (tragedies, histories, and comedies), poems, and sonnets. (1) 
2. Apply the tools and methods of literary criticism and scholarly research to selected works of Shakespeare's literature. (2) 
3. Discuss and analyze historical, political, economic, religious and social influences of Shakespeare, including issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and sexuality. (3)
4. Identify universal themes in Shakespeare's literature. (4)
5. Analyze possible interpretations of text through reading and viewing plays. (5)

ENG 245 - Ethnic Literature of the Southwest

1. Characteristic elements of literature and introduction to genres 
2. Tools and methods of literary criticism and scholarly research 
3. Geographical, historical, and social influences on ethnic literature of the Southwest including issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and sexuality 
4. Features of the American Southwest that influence literary works

1. Define key literary terms and apply them to the study of selected works of ethnic literature of the Southwest from a variety of genres. (1)
2.  Apply the tools and methods of literary criticism and scholarly research to selected works of ethnic literature of the Southwest. (2) 
3. Analyze geographical, historical, and social influences on ethnic literature of the Southwest, including issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and sexuality. (3)
4. Analyze how features of the American Southwest influence literary works from a variety of ethnic groups. (4)

1. 2500 words of monitored writing.

ENG 249 - Topics in Creative Writing:

1. Primary element(s) of genre
2. The writing process: prewriting, drafting and revision technique
3. Professional work focused on the genre or element(s)
4. Workshop methodology for element(s) or genre

1. Analyze and integrate the primary element(s) of genre. (1)
2. Use the writing process to draft and revise original work. (2)
3. Analyze professional work focused on the genre or element(s). (3)
4. Use workshop critique for improving student's own work and work of peers. (4)

ENG 250 - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry

1. Elements of poetry writing (e.g., imagery, stanza, internal rhyme, alliteration
2. Close reading of literary and student texts
3. Methods of crafting, critiquing and revising poetry
4. Markets

1. Identify and apply elements of poetry (e.g., imagery, stanza, internal rhyme, alliteration, consonance). (1)
2. Analyze and evaluate literary and student texts. (2)
3. Write, critique and revise own poetry. (3)
4. Identify markets for poetry submission. (4)
5. Submit poetry for publication. (4)

1. Minimum of 10 monitored poems.

ENG 252 - Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction

1. Elements of fiction writing (e.g., plot, viewpoint, characterization)
2. Close reading of literary and student texts
3. Methods of crafting, critiquing and revising short stories
4. Markets

1. Identify and apply elements of fiction (e.g., plot, viewpoint, characterization). (1)
2. Analyze and evaluate literary and student texts. (2)
3. Write, critique and revise own writing. (3)
4. Identify markets for own writing. (4)
5. Submit work for publication. (4)

1. 10,000 words of monitored writing