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Course Directory
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ECO 100 ELEMENTARY ECONOMICS (3 cr.) Introduces students to the most basic elements of economics without detailed study of theory. Presents and interprets current issues and concerns publicized in the media. Allows students to understand and grasp the importance of local, state, and national issues with economic themes and overtones. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ECO 201 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I - MACROECONOMICS (3 cr.) Introduces macroeconomics including the study of Keynesian, classical, monetarist principles and theories, the study of national economic growth, inflation, recession, unemployment, financial markets, money and banking, the role of government spending and taxation, along with international trade and investments. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
ECO 202 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II - MICROECONOMICS (3 cr.) Introduces the basic concepts of microeconomics. Explores the free market concepts with coverage of economic models and graphs, scarcity and choices, supply and demand, elasticities, marginal benefits and costs, profits, and production and distribution. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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EDU 160 OBSERVATION AND ASSESSMENT IN EARLY CARE (3 cr.) Introduces formal and informal methods of gathering data on children. Emphasis on understanding developmental patterns and implications for diagnostic teaching. Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 2 hrs. Total 4 hrs. per week |
EDU 200 INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING AS A PROFESSION (3 cr.) Provides an orientation to the teaching profession in Virginia, including historical perspectives, current issues, and future trends in education on the national and state levels. Emphasizes information about teacher licensure examinations, steps to certification, teacher preparation and induction programs, and attention to critical shortage areas in Virginia. Includes supervised field placement (recommended: 40 clock hours) in a K-12 school. Prerequisite: Successful completion of 24 credits of transfer courses. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week. |
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ENG 01 PREPARING FOR COLLEGE WRITING (4 cr.) Helps students discover and develop writing processes needed to bring their proficiency to the level necessary for entrance into their respective curricula. Guides students through the process of starting, composing, revising, and editing. Lecture 4 hours per week. |
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ENG 04 READING IMPROVEMENT (4 cr.) Helps students improve their reading processes to increase their understanding of reading materials. Includes word forms and meanings, comprehension techniques, and ways to control reading pace. Lecture hours per week. |
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ENG 111 COLLEGE COMPOSITION I ( 3 cr.) Introduces students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of academic writing. Through the writing process, students refine topics; develop and support ideas; investigate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate resources; edit for effective style and usage; and determine appropriate approaches for a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes. Writing activities will include exposition and argumentation with at least one researched essay. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 112 COLLEGE COMPOSITION II ( 3 cr.) Continues to develop college writing with increased emphasis on critical essays, argumentation, and research, developing these competencies through the examination of a range of texts about the human experience. Requires students to locate, evaluate, integrate, and document sources and effectively edit for style and usage. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 115 TECHNICAL WRITING (3 cr.) Develops ability in technical writing through extensive practice in composing technical reports and other documents. Guides students in achieving voice, tone, style, and content in formatting, editing, and graphics. Introduces students to technical discourse through selected reading. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 150 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (3 cr.) Surveys the history of children's literature, considers learning theory and developmental factors influencing reading interests, and uses bibliographic tools in selecting books and materials for recreational interests and educational needs of children. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 210 ADVANCED COMPOSITION (3 cr.) Helps students refine skills in writing non-fiction prose. Guides development of individual voice and style. Introduces procedures for publication. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 211 CREATIVE WRITING I (3 cr.) Introduces the student to the fundamentals of writing imaginatively. Students write in forms to be selected from poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 215-216 CREATIVE WRITING - FICTION I-II (3 cr.) (3 cr.) Introduces the fundamentals and techniques of writing short and long fiction. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 241-242 SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE I-II (3 cr.) (3 cr.) Examines American literary works from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the ideas and characteristics of our national literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 243-244 SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I-II (3 cr.) (3 cr.) Studies major English works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present, emphasizing ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 246 MAJOR AMERICAN WRITERS (3 cr.) Examines major writers of American literary history. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 251-252 SURVEY OF WORLD LITERATURE I-II (3 cr.)(3 cr.) Examines major works of world literature. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week |
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ENG 256 LITERATURE OF SCIENCE FICTION (3 cr.) Examines the literary and social aspects of science fiction, emphasizing development of ideas and techniques through the history of the genre. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ENG 273-274 WOMEN IN LITERATURE I-II (3 cr.)(3 cr.) Examines literature by and about women. Involves critical reading and writing. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
ENG 279 FILM AND LITERATURE (3 cr.) Examines the translation of literature into film viewing and writing. Prerequisite ENG 112 or divisional approval. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
ENV 136 SURVEY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS (3 cr.) Studies the relationship of man to his physical environment, ecological principles, public health, topics of current importance including air pollution, potable water, waste disposal, communicable diseases, poisoning and toxicity, radiation, with particular emphasis on community action programs. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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ETR 113-114 D.C. AND A.C. FUNDAMENTALS I-II (3 cr.) (3 cr.) Studies D.C. and A. C. circuits, basic electrical components, instruments, network theorems, and techniques used to predict, analyze and measure electrical quantities. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week. |
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ETR 160 SURVEY OF MICROPROCESSORS ( 4 CR) Provides an overview of microprocessor architecture, basic machine language programming, and I/O devices. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week. |
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ETR 167 LOGIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I (4 cr.) Studies digital switching and logic circuits, number systems, Boolean algebra, logic gates, and families. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week. |
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ETR 214 ADVANCED CIRCUITS AND NEW DEVICES ( 2 cr.) Includes lectures and demonstrations on the latest developments in electronics. Lecture 2 hours per week. |
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ETR 228 COMPUTER TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIR ( 3 cr.) Teaches procedures for isolating and correcting problems in computers and computer-related hardware. Emphasizes operational concepts, use of diagnostic software and troubleshooting equipment. Prerequisite ETR 226 or permission of instructor. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week. |
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ETR 237-238 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS I-II (4 cr.)(4 cr.) Studies linear integrated circuits for industrial applications, motors, industrial control devices, power control circuits, transducers, industrial process control, and sequential process control. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week. |
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ETR 241-242 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS I-II (4 cr.) (4 cr.) Studies noise, information and bandwidth, modulation and demodulation, transmitters and receivers, wave propagation, antennas and transmission lines. May include broad band communication systems, microwave, both terrestrial and satellite, fiber optics, multiplexing and associated hardware. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week. |
ETR 278 COMPUTER INTERFACING AND CIRCUITRY (4 cr.) Deals with typical circuitry used to interface computers with the outside world. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week. |
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FIN 107 PERSONAL FINANCE (3 cr.) Presents a framework of personal money management concepts, including establishing values and goals, determining sources of income, managing income, preparing a budget, developing consumer buying ability, using credit, understanding savings and insurance, providing for adequate retirement, and estate planning. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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FIN 108 PRINCIPLES OF SECURITIES INVESTMENT (3 cr.) Provides an introduction to the fundamentals of the security investment process. Reviews the investment strategy associated with various types of stock orders, discusses the Fundamental and Technical approaches to common stock analysis and examines bond and preferred stock pricing mechanisms. Also reviews the unique aspects of derivative security, mutual fund, real estate, and limited partnership investments. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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FIN 115 PERSONAL INVESTMENTS (3 cr.) Examines personal financial investments, money management and risk reward strategies. Covers most widely employed investment instruments, including current information on stocks, bonds, mutual, real estate, limited partnerships and tax sheltering devices. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
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