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Course Descriptions

 

Mathematics
  

  • MTH 264 - Calculus II

    - credits 4

    Continues the study of calculus of algebraic and transcendental functions including rectangular, polar, and parametric graphing, indefinite and definite integrals, methods of integration, and power series along with applications. Designed for mathematical, physical, and engineering science programs. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: Completion of MTH 263 : Calculus I or equivalent with a grade of C or better.
    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Note(s): MTH 264 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • MTH 265 - Calculus III

    - credits 4

    Focuses on extending the concepts of function, limit, continuity, derivative, integral and vector from the plane to the three dimensional space. Covers topics including vector functions, multivariate functions, partial derivatives, multiple integrals and an introduction to vector calculus. Features instruction for mathematical, physical and engineering science programs.

    Prerequisite: Completion of MTH 264  : Calculus II or equivalent with a grade of C or better.
    Lecture Hour(s): 4

Mathematics Direct Enrollment
  

  • MDE 10 - Introduction to Algebra

    - credits 3

    Covers topics in arithmetic through introduction to variables and equations.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3
  

  • MDE 54 - Learning Support for Quantitative Reasoning

    - credits 3

    Provides support to ensure success for students co-enrolled in Quantitative Reasoning (MTH 154  ). Course will review foundational topics through direct instruction, guided practice, and individualized support.

    Corequisite: MTH 154  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3
  

  • MDE 55 - Learning Support for Statistical Reasoning

    - credits 3

    Provides support to ensure success for students co-enrolled in Statistical Reasoning (MTH 155 ). Course will review foundational topics through direct instruction, guided practice, and individualized support.

    Corequisite: MTH 155  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3
  

  • MDE 60 - Intermediate Algebra

    - credits 3

    Covers topics in algebra.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3
  

  • MDE 61 - Learning Support for Pre-Calculus

    - credits 3

    Provides support to ensure success for students co-enrolled in Pre-Calculus (MTH 161 ). Course will review foundational topics through direct instruction, guided practice, and individualized support

    Corequisite: MTH 161  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

Music
  

  • MUS 121 - Music in Society

    - credits 3

    Explores the language of music through an introduction to basic elements, forms and styles across time. Acquaints students with composers’ lives and influential creative individualities, discovering representative works and milestones in western society. Develops techniques for listening analytically and critically. Reviews historical development and significance of art music within the context of evolving societal structures. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course. 

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): MUS 121 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.

Nursing
  

  • NSG 100 - Introduction to Nursing Concepts

    - credits 4

    Introduces concepts of nursing practice and conceptual learning. Focuses on basic nursing concepts with an emphasis on safe nursing practice and the development of the nursing process. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settings, and/or simulated environments.

    Prerequisite: BIO 141  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 6
  

  • NSG 106 - Competencies for Nursing Practice

    - credits 2

    Focuses on the application of concepts through clinical skill development. Emphasizes the use of clinical judgment in skill acquisition . Includes principles of safety, evidence-based practice, informatics and math computational skills. Prepares students to demonstrate competency in specific skills and drug dosage calculation including the integration of skills in the care of clients in simulated settings. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settings, and/or simulated environments.

     

    Prerequisite: BIO 141  and MTH 3 (or MTH 1 or MTE 1- 3) and MTH 5 (or MTH 95 or MTE 4- 5).
    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • NSG 130 - Professional Nursing Concepts

    - credits 1

    Introduces the role of the professional nurse and fundamental concepts in professional development. Focuses on professional identity, legal/ethical issues and contemporary trends in professional nursing.

    Prerequisite: BIO 141 
    Lecture Hour(s): 1
  

  • NSG 152 - Health Care Participant

    - credits 3

    Focuses on the health and wellness of diverse individuals, families, and the community throughout the lifespan. Covers concepts that focus on client attributes and preferences regarding healthcare. Emphasizes population-focused care. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settings, and/or cooperating agencies, and/or simulated environments.

    Prerequisite: BIO 142 , NSG 100 , NSG 106 , NSG 130  and NSG 200  
    Corequisite: BIO 150  
    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • NSG 170 - Health / Illness Concepts

    - credits 6

    Focuses on the nursing care of individuals and/or families throughout the lifespan with an emphasis on health and illness concepts. Includes concepts of nursing care for the antepartum client and clients with common and predictable illnesses. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settings, and/or simulated environments.

    Prerequisite: BIO 142 , NSG 100 , NSG 106 , NSG 130  and NSG 200  
    Corequisite: BIO 150  
    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Laboratory Hour(s): 6
    Total Hours Per Week: 10
  

  • NSG 200 - Health Promotion and Assessment

    - credits 3

    Introduces assessment and health promotion for the individual and family. Includes assessment of infants, children, adults, geriatric clients and pregnant females. Emphasizes health history and the acquisition of physical assessment skills with underlying concepts of development, communication, and health promotion. Prepares students to demonstrate competency in the assessment of clients across the lifespan. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settin gs, and/or simulated environments.

    Prerequisite: BIO 141  
    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • NSG 210 - Health Care Concepts I

    - credits 5

    Focuses on care of clients across the lifespan in multiple settings including concepts related to physiological health alterations and reproduction. Emphasizes the nursing process in the development of clinical judgment for clients with multiple needs. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settings, and/ or simulated environments. Part I of II.

    Prerequisite: BIO 150 , NSG 152  and NSG 170  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 6
    Total Hours Per Week: 9
  

  • NSG 211 - Health Care Concepts II

    - credits 5

    Focuses on care of clients across the lifespan in multiple settings including concepts related to psychological and physiological health alterations. Emphasizes the nursing process in the development of clinical judgment for clients with multiple needs. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settings, and/or simulated environments. Part II of II.

    Prerequisite: BIO 150 , NSG 152  and NSG 170  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 6
    Total Hours Per Week: 9
  

  • NSG 230 - Advanced Professional Nursing Concepts

    - credits 2

    Develops the role of the professional nurse in the healthcare environment in preparation for practice as a registered nurse. Introduces leadership and management concepts and focuses on the integration of professional behaviors in a variety of healthcare settings.

    Prerequisite: NSG 210  and NSG 211  
    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 2
  

  • NSG 252 - Complex Health Care Concepts

    - credits 4

    Focuses on nursing care of diverse individuals and families integrating complex health concepts. Emphasizes clinical judgment, patient-centered care, and collaboration.

    Prerequisite: NSG 210  and NSG 211  
    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • NSG 270 - Nursing Capstone

    - credits 4

    Nursing Capstone provides students with the opportunity to comprehensively apply and integrate learned concepts from previous nursing courses into a capstone experience. Emphasizes the mastery of patient- centered care, safety, nursing judgment, professional behaviors, informatics, quality improvement, and collaboration in the achievement of optimal outcomes of care. Provides supervised learning experiences in faculty and/or preceptor-guided college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settings, and/or simulated environments.

    Prerequisite: NSG 210  and NSG 211  
    Laboratory Hour(s): 12
    Total Hours Per Week: 12
  

  • NUR 135 - Drug Dosage Calculations

    - credits 2

    Focuses on apothecary, metric, household conversion in medication dosage calculation for adult and pediatric clients. Provides a practical approach to learning to calculate and prepare medications and solutions. Includes calculating intravenous flow rates.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 1

Philosophy
  

  • PHI 220 - Ethics

    - credits 3

    Provides a systematic study of representative ethical systems. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): PHI 220 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.

Physics
  

  • PHY 201 - General College Physics I

    - credits 4

    Teaches fundamental principles of physics. Covers mechanics, thermodynamics, wave phenomena, electricity and magnetism, and selected topics in modern physics. Part I of II. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 6

    Note(s): PHY 201 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • PHY 202 - General College Physics II

    - credits 4

    Teaches fundamental principles of physics. Covers mechanics, thermodynamics, wave phenomena, electricity and magnetism, and selected topics in modern physics. Part II of II. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 6

    Note(s): PHY 202 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.

Political Science
  

  • PLS 135 - U.S. Government and Politics

    - credits 3

    Teaches the political structure, processes, institutions, and policymaking of the US national government. Focuses on the three branches of government, their interrelationships, and how they shape policy. Addresses federalism; civil liberties and civil rights; political socialization and participation; public opinion, the media; interest groups; political parties; elections; and policymaking. The assignments in the course require college-level reading fluency and coherent communication through written reports. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): PLS 135 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • PLS 136 - State and Local Government and Politics

    - credits 3

    Teaches structure, powers, and functions of state and local government in the United States as related to federalism; constitutionalism; elections; powers of legislative, executive, and judicial powers of state and local government; state-local-federal relations; fiscal matters; metropolitan issues; and policy issues, like health, education, criminal justice and welfare. The assignments in the course require college-level reading fluency and coherent communication through written reports. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course. 

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): PLS 136 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.

Practical Nursing
  

  • PNE 136 - Care of Maternal, Newborn, and Pediatric Patients

    - credits 4

    Uses a family-centered approach; studies normal and common complications in pregnancy, childbirth, post-partum, the neonate, and children through adolescence. Covers milestones in all aspects of growth and development and common childhood disorders at various ages.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
  

  • PNE 145 - Trends in Practical Nursing

    - credits 1

    Studies the role of the Licensed Practical Nurse. Covers legal aspects, organizations, and opportunities in practical nursing. Assists students in preparation for employment.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
  

  • PNE 155 - Body Structure and Function

    - credits 4

    Studies the structure and function of the body.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
  

  • PNE 158 - Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing

    - credits 2

    Recognizes emotional needs of patients. Provides knowledge of the role that emotions play. Enables students to understand their own behavior as well as patient behavior.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
  

  • PNE 161 - Nursing in Health Changes I

    - credits 6

    Focuses on nursing situations and procedures necessary to assist individuals in meeting special needs related to human functions.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Laboratory Hour(s): 8
    Total Hours Per Week: 12
  

  • PNE 162 - Nursing in Health Changes II

    - credits 10

    Continues the focus on nursing situations and procedures necessary to assist individuals in meeting special needs related to human functions.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Laboratory Hour(s): 16
    Total Hours Per Week: 20
  

  • PNE 163 - Nursing in Health Changes III

    - credits 8

    Continues the focus on nursing situations and procedures necessary to assist individuals in meeting special needs related to human functions.

    Lecture Hour(s): 5
    Laboratory Hour(s): 12
    Total Hours Per Week: 17
  

  • PNE 173 - Pharmacology for Practical Nurses

    - credits 2

    Studies history, classification, sources, effects, uses and legalities of drugs. Teaches problem solving skills used in medication administrations. Emphasizes major drug classes and specific agents within each class.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
  

  • PNE 174 - Applied Pharmacology for Practical Nurses

    - credits 2

    Applies problem solving skills in preparing and administering medications.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Laboratory Hour(s): 4
    Total Hours Per Week: 5

Psychology
  

  • PSY 200 - Principles of Psychology

    - credits 3

    Surveys the basic concepts of psychology. Covers the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, research methods and measurement, theoretical perspectives, and application. Includes biological bases of behavior, learning, social interactions, memory, and personality; and other topics such as sensation, perception, consciousness, thinking, intelligence, language, motivation, emotion, health, development, psychological disorders, and therapy. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): PSY 200 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • PSY 230 - Developmental Psychology

    - credits 3

    Studies the development of the individual from conception to death. Follows a life-span perspective on the development of the person’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3
  

  • PSY 235 - Child Psychology

    - credits 3

    Studies development of the child from conception to adolescence. Investigates physical, intellectual, social and emotional factors involved in the child’s growth.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

Religion
  

  • REL 230 - Religions of the World

    - credits 3

    Introduces the major religions of the world: Judaism, Christianity, Islan, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Focuses on origin, history, basic beliefs, values, ethics and practices. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): REL 230 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.

Safety
  

  • SAF 130 - Industrial Safety OSHA 10

    - credits 1

    Presents an introduction to occupational health and safety and its application in the workplace. Emphasizes safety standards and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), its rules and regulations (OSHA 10).

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Total Hours Per Week: 1

Student Development
  

  • SDV 100 - College Success Skills

    - credits 1

    Assists students in transition to colleges. Provides overviews of college policies, procedures, curricular offerings. Encourages contacts with other students and staff. Assists students toward college success through information regarding effective study habits, career and academic planning, and other college resources available to students. May include English and Math placement testing. Strongly recommended for beginning students.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Note(s): Required for graduation.
  

  • SDV 100 - Orientation to Business

    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college and to the discipline in which they are enrolled. Covers topics such as services at the college including the learning resources center; counseling, and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; and topical areas which are applicable to their particular discipline.

    Lecture 1 hour per week.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
  

  • SDV 100 - Orientation to Workplace Office Professional

    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college and to the discipline in which they are enrolled. Covers topics such as services at the college including the learning resources center; counseling, and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; and topical areas which are applicable to their particular discipline.

    Lecture 1 hour per week.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
  

  • SDV 101 - Orientation to (Specify the Discipline)

    - credits 1

    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college and to the discipline in which they are enrolled. Covers topics such as services at the college including the learning resources center; counseling, and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; and topical areas which are applicable to their particular discipline.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Total Hours Per Week: 1
  

  • SDV 101 - Orientation to Healthcare

    - credits 1

    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college and to the discipline in which they are enrolled. Covers topics such as services at the college including the learning resources center; counseling, and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; and topical areas which are applicable to their particular discipline.

    Lecture 1 hour per week.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
  

  • SDV 101 - Orientation to Trades and Technology

    - credits 1

    Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college and to the discipline in which they are enrolled. Covers topics such as services at the college including the learning resources center; counseling, and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; and topical areas which are applicable to their particular discipline.

    Lecture 1 hour per week.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1

Sociology
  

  • SOC 200 - Principles of Sociology

    - credits 3

    Introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of sociology with attention to sociological theory, research methods, and the impact of social inequality. Examines a variety of topics such as culture, race, social class, gender, major social institutions and their role in contemporary society, and the processes of social change. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in EDE 11 /ENG 111 , EDE 11 /ENG 115 , or ENG 111 .
    Prerequisite/Corequisite: Eligibility to enroll in EDE 11 /ENG 111 , EDE 11 /ENG 115 , or ENG 111 .

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): SOC 200 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.

Spanish
  

  • SPA 101 - Beginning Spanish I

    - credits 4

    Introduces understanding, speaking, reading and writing skills, and emphasizes basic Spanish sentence structure. Will include at least four additional hours of online oral drill and practice per week. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Total Hours Per Week: 4

    Note(s): SPA 101 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • SPA 102 - Beginning Spanish II

    - credits 4

    Reinforces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes Spanish sentence structure and the past tenses. Will include at least four additional hours of oral drill and practice per week. Part II or II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Total Hours Per Week: 4

    Note(s): SPA 102 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • SPA 201 - Intermediate Spanish

    - credits 3

    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. May include oral drill and practice. Part I of II. Lecture

    Prerequisite: SPA 102  or equivalent.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.

    SPA 201 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • SPA 202 - Intermediate Spanish

    - credits 3

    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. May include oral drill and practice. Part II of II.

    Prerequisite: SPA 201  or equivalent.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): SPA 202 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • SPA 203 - Intermediate Spanish I

    - credits 3

    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Classes conducted in Spanish. Part I of II. May include oral drill and practice.

    Prerequisite: SPA 102  or equivalent.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • SPA 204 - Intermediate Spanish II

    - credits 3

    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Classes conducted in Spanish. May include oral drill and practice. Part II of II.

    Prerequisite: SPA 102  or equivalent.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3

Welding
  

  • WEL 110 - Welding Processes

    - credits 3

    Introduces types of welding, their advantages and disadvantages. Points out effects of welds on metals to be machined. Provides practice and demonstration in welding.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • WEL 123 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Basic)

    - credits 4

    Teaches operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 6
    Total Hours Per Week: 8
  

  • WEL 124 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Advanced)

    - credits 4

    Continues instruction on operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 6
    Total Hours Per Week: 8
  

  • WEL 130 - Inert Gas Welding

    - credits 4

    Introduces practical operations in the uses of inert-gas-shield arc welding. Discusses equipment, safety operations, welding practice in the various positions, process applications, and manual and semi-automatic welding.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 6
    Total Hours Per Week: 8
  

  • WEL 141 - Welder Qualification Tests I

    - credits 4

    Studies techniques and practices of testing welded joints through destructive and non-destructive testing. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 6
    Total Hours Per Week: 8
  

  • WEL 150 - Welding Drawing and Interpretation

    - credits 3

    Teaches fundamentals required for successful drafting as applied to the welding industry. Includes blueprint reading, geometric principles of drafting and freehand sketching, basic principles of orthographic projection, preparation of drawings and interpretation of symbols.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • WEL 160 - Gas Metal Arc Welding

    - credits 4

    Introduces semi-automatic welding processes with emphasis on practical application. Includes the study of filler wires, fluxes, and gases.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 6
    Total Hours Per Week: 8
 

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