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Introduction to bioinformatics, including history, concepts, major genetic databases, access tools and programming software. Methodologies to extract meaning from biological sequences using sequence analysis, data visualization and statistics.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in [(BIO156 or BIO181) and (MAT114, or MAT115, or MAT12+, OR an appropriate district placement for MAT15+ or higher)], or permission of Instructor or Department/Division Chair.

Fundamental theory of accounting principles and procedures. Prerequisites: None.

Continuation of the fundamental theory of accounting principles and procedures, including interpretation of general purpose financial statements.

Prerequisites: ACC111 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of Department or Division.

Theory and practice of accounting for individual taxation. Prerequisites: None.

Development and analysis of accounting information for managerial planning and control.

Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in (ACC111 and ACC112), or ACC211, and (CIS105 or permission of Department or Division).

Survey course designed to introduce students and cadets to the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC). The course allows students and cadets to examine general aspects of the DAF, leadership fundamentals, service benefits, and opportunities for officers. The course also lays the foundation for becoming an Airman or Guardian by outlining our heritage and values. As a foundational course, this course provides a historical perspective such as lessons on war and US military, DAF operations, principles of war, and airpower. Prerequisites: None.

A survey course designed to provide a fundamental understanding of both leadership and team building. Students and cadets will learn that there are many layers to leadership, including aspects that do not always come to mind. Such things include listening, understanding themselves, being a good follower, and problem solving efficiently. Students and cadets will apply these leadership perspectives when completing team building activities and discussing things like conflict management. Students and cadets should demonstrate basic verbal and written communication skills. Prerequisites: None.

A survey course designed to provide a fundamental understanding of both leadership and team building. Students and cadets will learn that there are many layers to leadership, including aspects that do not always come to mind. Such things include listening, understanding themselves, being a good follower, and problem solving efficiently. Students and cadets will apply these leadership perspectives when completing team building activities and discussing things like conflict management. Students and cadets should demonstrate basic verbal and written communication skills. Prerequisites: None.

Physical training component of Air Force ROTC. Covers topics of immediate or special interest to a faculty member and students. Prerequisites: None.

Introduction to sustainable horticulture industry standards. Includes an overview of safety practices, workplace habits, tools, and equipment. Prerequisites: None.

Principles of growth in relation to seed germination, emergence, growth and reproduction processes of plants and the environmental influences on plant growth processes. Prerequisites: None.

Introduces transmission and distribution of electrical power. Includes application of transformers, distribution and over-current protection devices, switchboards, feeders, bus-ways, motor control centers, generators, and troubleshooting techniques associated with these systems and devices.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in AIT125.

Fundamental principles of working safely with robots, and applications and trends in industrial robotics. Includes types of robots, axes and coordinate systems, programming and operating robots. Incorporates end effectors and collaborative robots.

A grade of C or better required in all Prerequisites. Prerequisites or Corequisites: AIT100 or permission of Instructor.

An introduction to crime and society's responses to it. Examines the nature and causes of crime, the criminal law, constitutional safeguards, and the organization and operation of the criminal justice system including the police, courts, jails, prisons, probation and parole departments, and community corrections agencies. Covers the history of the criminal justice system, terminology and career opportunities. Prerequisites: None.

Covers philosophy of legal sanctions and historical development from the common law to modern American criminal law, classifications of crimes, elements of and parties to crimes, general definition of crimes, common defenses utilized. Includes specific offenses and the essential elements of each offense.

Prerequisites: None.

Introduces and explores ethical issues and the justice system. Focuses on ethics and the law, the police, courts and corrections. Reviews ethical theory, concepts and practices as they relate to administration of justice. Explores issues of how media/social media shape ethics. Encourages critical thinking and value decision making in criminal justice system situations. Prerequisites: None.

The study of serial killers, mass murderers and their victims. Examines the history and frequency of these crimes, profiles the killers and their victims, explores theories of causation, and discusses the problems and techniques of investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention. Prerequisites: None.

The use of photography and other aids in identification and preservation of evidence such as fingerprints, footprints, and impressions. Techniques in crime scene and traffic accident photography. Prerequisites: None.

Study of deviance, society's role in defining behavior; theories of criminality and the economic, social, and psychological impact of crime; relationships between statistics and crime trends. Examines crime victimization and the various types of crime and categories of offenders. Required in the AJS curriculum. Prerequisites: None.

Victimology, the criminal justice system, techniques of crisis intervention and management, and the importance of a multicultural and global perspective. Includes violent crimes, sexual assault, family violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, the role of substance abuse, developing effective coping skills of victims and responders, appropriate community resources, and the cultural responsiveness of the justice system.

Introduction to the theory of criminal investigation. Examines crime scene procedures, case preparation, interviewing, identification, and basic investigative techniques. Prerequisites: None.

Develops academic language skills and critical reading skills for organizing, analyzing, and retaining material through complementary reading and writing assignments. Prepares students for college level reading and writing intensive courses as well as career-related reading and writing tasks.

Prerequisites: An appropriate District placement.

Understanding and enjoyment of visual art through the study of art media, design elements, techniques and processes, and cultural contexts. Building awareness of the meaning, functions, and significance of art. Prerequisites: None.

History of art from the Paleolithic period through the Middle Ages. Prerequisites: None.

History of art from the Renaissance through Modernism. Prerequisites: None.

Art of Mexico and related cultures, from the prehistoric to the contemporary period. Prerequisites: None.

Fundamental principles of drawing. Emphasis on composition and facility in objective and expressive representation, using variety of drawing media. Prerequisites: None.

Study of fundamental elements and principles of two-dimensional design. Prerequisites: None.

Investigation seeking visual solutions to a variety of problems concerning color in two and three dimensions and modes of color appearances, including light and effects in design and theory of design. Prerequisites: None.

Fundamental principles of three-dimensional design. Prerequisites: None.

Use of form, structure and anatomy of draped and undraped human figure to develop basic principles of sound draftsmanship. Prerequisites: None.

Further study of form, structure, and anatomy of the draped and undraped human figure with emphasis on composition.

Prerequisites: ART116.

Emphasis on composition and exploration of drawing media.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART111.

Basic photographic principles and techniques. Basic camera functions and controls. Experience in the image-making process by creating and editing photographs for various display environments. Introduction to the photographic aesthetic and photography's role in society. Prerequisites: None.

This course focuses on the 19th-century photographic processes including new picture-making technologies. Discussing the history of photography in relation with techniques taught in class. Students encouraged to explore historical processes in combination with contemporary technologies. Through technical demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and technical assignments, students develop a working knowledge of a range of processes while developing their own visual language.

Prerequisites: None.

Introduction to ceramic materials and techniques of hand construction, decorating, glazing and throwing on potters' wheel. Prerequisites: None.

Major emphasis on wheel throwing, glaze making and decorating techniques.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART161.

Exploration of technical and expressive possibilities of various media in painting.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in (ART111 and ART112), or permission of Instructor.

Continued refinement of painting skills and investigation of new possibilities in painting.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART167 or permission of Instructor.

Advanced development of drawing skill with emphasis on compositional theory.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART122 or permission of Instructor.

Advanced creative study from model in various painting and drawing media.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART117 or permission of Instructor.

Further development of skills in expressive drawing materials and techniques as applied to finished drawings of the human form.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART216 or permission of Instructor.

Further study of drawing techniques with emphasis on individual problems and techniques.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART211 or permission of Instructor.

Emphasis on wheel throwing skill and individual style development.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART162 or permission of Instructor.

Experimental work in clays and glazes.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART261.

Development of materials and techniques of painting. Individual problem-solving.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART168 or permission of Instructor.

Advanced problem in painting. Study with greater emphasis on personal expression.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART267 or permission of Instructor.

Studio course for art majors allowing continuation in a subject field.

Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor.

Studio course for art majors allowing continuation in a subject field.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART111 or permission of Instructor.

Studio course for art majors allowing continuation in a subject field.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART117 or permission of Instructor.

Studio course for art majors allowing continuation in a subject field.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART162 or permission of Instructor.

Studio course for art majors allowing continuation in a subject field.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART168 or permission of Instructor.

Advanced level workshop seminar in art disciplines.

Prerequisites: Minimum of three (3) credits introductory and three (3) credits intermediate level courses in specific field or permission of Department or Division Chair.

Introduces concepts and methods of cultural anthropology, with illustrative materials from a variety of communities in a globalizing world. Explores the concept of culture and examines a variety of cultural and social practices such as subsistence, economics, politics, marriage, kinship, gender and religion. Prerequisites: None.

Origins, elements, and forms of religion; a comparative survey of religious beliefs, myths, rituals and symbolism including magic, witchcraft and healing as practiced in selected regions of the world; the place of religion in the total culture. Prerequisites: None.

Introduction to archaeology through discoveries and the researchers who made them. Emphasis on methods of archaeological fieldwork and what these discoveries reveal about humanity, including the nature of archaeological inquiry, the development of human social groups, the changing role of religion in evolving societies, the origins of agriculture, the origins of settled life ways, the rise of cities and complex societies, political strife across different cultures and the forces which tend to fragment societies. Examples drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific Islands, and Australia. Prerequisites: None.

Introduction to archaeology through discoveries and the researchers who made them. Emphasis on methods of archaeological fieldwork and what these discoveries reveal about humanity, including the nature of archaeological inquiry, the development of human social groups, the changing role of religion in evolving societies, the origins of agriculture, the origins of settled lifeways, the rise of cities and complex societies, political strife across different cultures and the forces which fragment societies. Examples drawn from North America, Central America, and South America. Prerequisites: None.

Survey of the role of forensic anthropologists, from the crime scene to the courtroom. Course focuses on how skeletal analysis can aid in medicolegal investigations, especially by identifying aspects of the life history of unknown individuals and by reconstructing events that took place at crime scenes. Covers both the legal aspects of forensic practice and the underlying biological basis for evidence obtained from skeletal remains. Examines applications of forensic anthropology in mass disasters, human rights investigations, and the deciphering of historic cases. Lab activities designed to illustrate techniques and principles central to the discipline. Prerequisites: None.

Introduction to the search for life in the universe for the non-science major. Earth's location in space and time, nature of life, light and the spectrum, origin and history of the universe, origin of life on Earth and the possibility of life on other planets.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MAT090 or MAT091 or MAT092 or completion of higher level mathematics course, or satisfactory placement.

Introduction to astronomy for the non-science major. The scientific method, properties of light, astronomical instruments, our Solar System and solar systems around other stars. Includes hands-on astronomical observations and laboratory exercises.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MAT092 or higher, or satisfactory district placement.

Introduction to astronomy for the non-science major. Structure and evolution of stars; supernovae, black holes, and quasars; nebulae; star clusters; galaxies; cosmology, including the birth and death of the universe.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MAT092 or higher, or satisfactory district placement.

Foundation course in digital arts and design, with emphasis in the production of art using the computer. Prerequisites: None.

Basic techniques of lighting, camera work, and reproduction of commercial photography. Cooperation with commercial art community.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART131, or AVC142, or permission of Instructor.

Advanced techniques with portfolio organization and presentation.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in AVC138.

Fundamentals of portrait photography. Basic techniques of lighting, posing, design, and digital workflows applicable to the industry. Theory and practices of a portrait photography business.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ART131, or AVC142, or permission of Instructor.

Generation of two-dimensional (2D) images, designs, and media using digital and traditional methods of visual problem solving. Understanding digital and design-based techniques and workflows.

A grade of C or better required in all Prerequisites. Prerequisites or Corequisites: AVC100 or permission of Instructor.

Introduction to multiple elements of digital imaging. Basic foundation in photographic manipulation of images, with special attention to aesthetic foundations underlying photographic composition.

A grade of C or better required in all Prerequisites. Prerequisites or Corequisites: AVC100 or permission of Instructor.

The art of animation (animated sequences, special effects, titles, etc.) using the computer. Construction characters, background graphics, color, scaling, storyboard, cells, timing, editing, and surface rendering. Screening and discussion of selected animated short films and videos.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in (ART111 or ART116) or permission of Instructor. Corequisites: AVC100 or permission of Instructor.

Basic concepts of 3D modeling. Anatomy of computer geometry; basic elements that make computer models-curves, surfaces, non-uniform rational basis spline (NURBS), and polygons. 3D translation, shading, materials, and rendering.

A grade of C or better required in all Prerequisites. Prerequisites or Corequisites: AVC100 or permission of Instructor.

Intermediate digital photographic imaging techniques. Refinement of aesthetic awareness and personal expression.

A grade of C or better required in all Prerequisites. Prerequisites or Corequisites: AVC177.

Advanced digital photographic imaging techniques. Advanced manipulation techniques of photographic images and time-based media. Continued development of aesthetic awareness and personal expression.

A grade of C or better required in all Prerequisites. Prerequisites or Corequisites: AVC270.

Elements of electronic animation with interactive text graphics, photography, sound, film, and video construction.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in AVC184 or permission of Instructor.

Advanced techniques for 3D modeling and computer animation. Creating and applying 2D background and 3D model textures, creating and applying special effects to models and animation, designing, modeling, and animating a digital 3D character from a character study.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in AVC185.

3D-Character modeling and animation for multimedia, film, broadcast, video games and interactive entertainment. Character motion, editing, and blending electronic with traditional techniques.

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in AVC184. Corequisites: ART116 or permission of Instructor.