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Course Descriptions

Course descriptions in this section are reasonable summaries only and are neither completely inclusive nor completely exclusive of total course content for any given course.

Courses listed herein may or may not be offered each term.

Courses are listed alphabetically according to prefix.

Numbering Code

Courses are grouped into a three-digit number series which indicates the normal teaching levels. Some variations may occur.

1-99 Preparatory and Developmental Courses. Courses numbered below 100 are not applicable toward a degree even though units are assigned, grades are awarded and tuition is assessed.

Lower-Division Courses (freshman and sophomore)
100-199 First-Year Courses
200-299 Second-Year Courses

Upper-Division Courses (junior and senior)
300-399 Third-Year Courses
400-499 Fourth-Year Courses

Graduate Courses
500-599 Graduate Courses

Other Codes

Each Term:

Some courses in this section have a code following the course title. This code designates when the course will be offered. F indicates Fall, W indicates Winter, S indicates Spring, Su indicates Summer.

For more information, see Baccalaureate General Education Requirements  

Courses with the following notation fulfill the appropriate general education requirements: 
C - Communication H - Humanities HP - Humanities Performance SS - Social Science

Special Terms

As Required: This term designates a course or series of courses which will be offered only as enrollment, student interest, or individual department needs demand and as staffing allows. A course so designated may be offered if special student needs, situations of extreme hardship, or other unusual circumstances deem it in the best interest of both the student(s) and the institution to do so.

Hours to be Arranged Each Term: Normally students negotiate individually with faculty members and/or departments and arrange to have courses so designated offered for the term most suitable to their unique situation.

Corequisite: A course that must be taken simultaneously with another course. Corequisites are noted at the end of each course description.

Prerequisite: A course that must be passed satisfactorily before another course may be taken. Prerequisites are noted at the end of each course description. Courses transferred in to Oregon Tech with a C- or better meet the prerequisite requirement of obtaining a C or better.

Quarter Credit: A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than:

  1. One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or
  2. At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including laboratory work, internships, practicals, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.

A numerical credit value assigned to certain number of lecture or laboratory hours. A lecture class meeting for three 50-minute periods a week would be assigned three units of credit. Students have traditionally been expected to spend an additional six hours of outside class work per week for each three units of lecture class credit. Generally, a lab class requires three hours per week for one unit of credit, or a total of nine in-lab hours with no additional outside class work expected for three units of lab class credit.

Reading and Conference: A course taken on an independent study basis with the supervision of an instructor, usually consisting of weekly conferences, assigned readings, research papers, etc.

Seminar: A class taught by a group discussion process rather than by means of formal lecture. Student research and reporting are usually expected.

Sequence: A series of classes in the same subject area that, taken as a whole, comprise a full year’s work. Generally, course sequences are numbered consecutively, and often (though not always) should be taken in the numerical order listed (i.e., CHE 201  should be taken before CHE 202 , etc.).
 

Chemistry
  

  • CHE 107 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CHE 201 - General Chemistry I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Atomic structure, chemical compounds, chemical equations and reaction stoichometry, reactions in aqueous solutions (including acid/base, redox, and precipitation reactions) gas laws and kinetic-molecular theory, and thermochemistry. Emphasis on engineering applications.

    Prerequisite: CHE 101  and CHE 104 , or high school chemistry or equivalent
    Corequisite: CHE 204  (lab)
    Pre- or Corequisite: MATH 111  
  

  • CHE 202 - General Chemistry II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Electronic structure of atoms, periodic trends, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, intermolecular forces, phase transistions, and properties of solutions. Emphasis on engineering applications.

    Prerequisite: CHE 201  and CHE 204 , or CHE 221  
    Corequisite: CHE 205  (lab)
  

  • CHE 203 - General Chemistry III

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Chemical kinetics and equilibrium, applications of aqueous equilbria (including acid-base reactions, buffers, solubility, and complexation reactions), thermodynamics, entropy and free energy, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry.

    Prerequisite: CHE 202  and CHE 205 , or CHE 222  
    Corequisite: CHE 206  (lab)
  

  • CHE 204 - General Chemistry I Lab

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 201.

    Corequisite: CHE 201  
  

  • CHE 205 - General Chemistry II Lab

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 202.

    Corequisite: CHE 202  
  

  • CHE 206 - General Chemistry III Lab

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 203.

    Corequisite: CHE 203  
  

  • CHE 207 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 6
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 6

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CHE 210 - Clinical Pharmacology

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    The drug action of selected pharmaceutical. Emphasis is placed on drug interactions, routes of administration, and effects on body systems.

    Prerequisites: BIO 231  and BIO 232  
  

  • CHE 221 - General Chemistry I

    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Atomic structure, chemical compounds, chemical equations and reaction stoichiometry, reactions in aqueous solution (including acid/base, redox, and precipitation reactions), gas laws and kinetic-molecular theory, and thermochemistry. Includes lab component.

    Prerequisite: CHE 101  and CHE 104 , or high school chemistry or equivalent
    Pre- or Corequisite: MATH 111  
  

  • CHE 222 - General Chemistry II

    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Electronic structure of atoms, periodic trends, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, intermolecular forces, phase transititions, and properties of solutions. Includes lab component.

    Prerequisite: CHE 201  and CHE 204 , or CHE 221  
  

  • CHE 223 - General Chemistry III

    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Chemical kinetics and equilibrium, applications of aqueous equilibria (including acid-base reactions, buffers, solubility, and complexation reactions), thermodynamics, entropy and free energy, electro chemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Includes lab component.

    Prerequisite: CHE 202  and CHE 205 , or CHE 222  
  

  • CHE 260 - Electrochemistry for RE Applic

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Development of electrochemistry concepts, including thermodynamics, reaction kinectics, charge transport and mass transport. Topics are presented in the context of fuel cells, electrolysis, electroplating and batteries. Also discussed, the chemistry of hydrogen; its properties, production, storage and transportation.

    Prerequisite: CHE 202  and CHE 205 , or CHE 222  
  

  • CHE 305 - Nanoscience & Nanotech

    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Survey of chemical and physical phenomena as applied to nanoscale materials, including metal and semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures. Discussion of major synthesis and characterization techniques. Biological and engineering applications of nanoscale materials.

    Prerequisites: CHE 202  and CHE 205 , or CHE 222 , and PHY 222  or PHY 223  
  

  • CHE 307 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CHE 315 - Environmental Analytical Chemistry

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Analysis of chemicals in the environment, including appropriate techniques and instrumentation for each environmental compartment (i.e. water, soil, and air). Chemical reactions/transformations within each compartment including concerns about contaminants, and effects of pollutants. Relative statistics and analytical techniques presented.

    Prerequisite: CHE 223  or instructor consent
  

  • CHE 325 - Soil Science

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Nature, properties and distribution of soils and their relationship to the influence of vegetation, climate, landforms, and human activity. Understanding how soils form and how and why they vary horizontally across the landscape and vertically with depth. Emphasis upon North American patterns. Required field trips and labs.
  

  • CHE 331 - Organic Chemistry I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    The structures and reactions of carbon compounds with emphasis on thermodynamics, reaction pathways and spectroscopy.

    Prerequisite: CHE 203  and CHE 206 , or CHE 223  
  

  • CHE 332 - Organic Chemistry II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Organic stereochemistry with emphasis on biologically important molecules.

    Prerequisite: CHE 331  
  

  • CHE 333 - Organic Chemistry III

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Free radical chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and the mechanistic aspects of enzymatic catalysis.

    Prerequisite: CHE 332  
  

  • CHE 335 - Bioorganic Chemistry

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    An overview of common organic chemistry mechanisms that occur in mammalian metabolism with a focus on molecular structure and reactivity of biological molecules and metabolites.

    Prerequisite: CHE 331  
  

  • CHE 341 - Instr Methods/Data Acqustn I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    As introduction to the theory and practical applications of computer/instrument interfacing and data acquisition techniques and software. Includes a survey of optical measurement techniques.

    Prerequisite: CHE 235
    Corequisite: CST 116  or MIS 115  or instructor consent
  

  • CHE 342 - Instr Methods/Data Acqustn II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Principles and techniques of instrumental methods and data analysis. Methods appropriate for chemical analysis including spectroscopy, gas chromatography, potentiometric and flame photometric methods. Emphasis on sample preparation, instrumental response, sensitivity, and accuracy.

    Prerequisite: CHE 341  
  

  • CHE 345 - Corrosion Chemistry

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    A survey of the chemical kinetics and thermodynamics of corrosion, the various types of corrosion, inhibition of corrosion, and industrial applications.

    Prerequisites: CHE 101  and CHE 104 , CHE 201  and CHE 204 , or CHE 221 , and PHY 202  or instructor consent
  

  • CHE 346 - Corrosion Chemistry Lab

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Laboratory accompanying CHE 345. Providing practical experience with electrochemical equipment used to measure corrosion processes.

    Corequisite: CHE 345  
  

  • CHE 350 - Clinical Pharmacology/NMT

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and survey of the major drug families developing familiarity with commonly prescribed drugs, their clinical application, mechanism of action and side effects. Emphasis is on drugs of importance to nuclear medicine and the common radiopharmaceuticals.

    Prerequisite: BIO 233  or BIO 333  or instructor consent
  

  • CHE 360 - Clinical Pharmacology/Hlth Prf

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and a survey of the major drug families developing familiarity with the most commonly prescribed drugs, their clinical application, mechanism of action and side effects.

    Prerequisite: BIO 233  or BIO 333  or instructor consent
  

  • CHE 407 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 8
    Lab Hours: 8
    Credit Hours: 8

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CHE 450 - Biochemistry I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Molecular and cellular biochemistry with emphasis on DNA structure, replication, the process and cellular regulation of RNA transcription, and analyzing and constructing DNA.

    Prerequisites: BIO 213  and CHE 332  
  

  • CHE 451 - Biochemistry II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Molecular biochemistry with emphasis on protein conformation and function, mechanisms of enzyme action and control, and energy production via glycolysis.

    Prerequisite: CHE 450  
  

  • CHE 452 - Biochemistry III

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Molecular and cellular biochemistry with emphasis on cell membranes, lipid metabolism, aerobic energy metabolism, anabolism, and the role of biochemistry in cellular signaling processes.

    Prerequisite: CHE 451  
  

  • CHE 465 - Fate/Transport of Pollutants

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Application of principals learned in CHE 315 . Mass Balance and the use of chemical equilibrium and kinetics to calculate pollutant transport in environmental compartments. Discussion and use of partitioning coefficients to determine fate of pollutants in water, soil, and air.

    Prerequisite: CHE 315  
  

  • CHE 495 - Research Project in Chemistry

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: Varies (1-4)

    Supports student-initiated research project in biological sciences. Topic and scope must be reviewed and accepted by a faculty advisor. May be repeated for up to nine total credits.

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent

Communication
  

  • COM 104 - Introduction to Communication

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces Communication Studies. Principles and applications developed in context of career exploration, interpersonal, group, organizational, and technical communication. Includes history and structure of communication field, career paths, research skills and role of technology. Required for COM majors.
  

  • COM 105 - Intro to Communication Theory

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces basic theories and concepts in the Communication discipline. Acquaintsstudents with major theories fundamental to communication research and to communication interactions including interpersonal, organizational, media and intercultural.

    Prerequisite: COM 104  
    Pre- or Corequisite: WRI 122  
  

  • COM 106 - Introduction to Comm Research

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces research in the communication discipline. Students find and analyze quantitative, qualitative and critical research. Introduces communication research as a process composed of methods, data-gathering, analysis, conclusions.

    Prerequisite: COM 105  
  

  • COM 107 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • COM 109 - Intro to Communication Tech

    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to the use of communication technology. Emphasis on the use of various communication technologies including social media, instant messaging, and visual communication technologies. Features projects using technology to effectively communicate to various audiences.
  

  • COM 115 - Intro to Mass Communication

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Provides an introduction to mass media. Focuses on understanding how media operate with emphasis on contemporary social, economic, political, cultural and ethical issues.
  

  • COM 135 - Communication Software

    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Techniques for coordinated use of office software, including word processing (style definitions, template creations, graphic use), data analysis (function use, custom functions, data importation), and presentation (master style definitions, visual effects, dynamic content creation) software, and cross-application functions.
  

  • COM 205 - Intercultural Comm

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces basic theories and concepts of intercultural communication. Builds understanding and skills enabling students to analyze intercultural interactions and develop and practice effective communication strategies.
  

  • COM 207 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 6
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 6

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • COM 215 - Creativity in Comm

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Define and learn how personal and group creativity can be enhanced. Study the lives of creative individuals in the arts, sciences, and industry. Individual and group exercises designed to enhance the creative process.
  

  • COM 216 - Essen of Grammar & Punctuation

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Involves learning basic and advanced grammar and punctuation to provide a firmfoundation for any type of writing.

    Prerequisite: WRI 121  with grade “C” or better
  

  • COM 225 - Interpers Communication

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces interpersonal communication theory and practice. Students apply courseconcepts to analyze and practice dyadic communication to develop more effective work and personal relationships.
  

  • COM 226 - Nonverbal Communication

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Nonlinguistic aspects of human communication. Examines the relationships between nonverbal and verbal communication behavior and nonverbal communication skill. Topics include space, distance, environment, touch, gesture, facial expression and gaze as communication.
  

  • COM 237 - Intro to Visual Communication

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces theory and rhetoric through several perspectives: personal, historical, technical, ethical, cultural, and critical. Emphasizes relationships between form/content, word/image, and societal role of visual communication.

    Prerequisite: WRI 122  
  

  • COM 248 - Digital Media Production

    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Study of the technical aspects of digital media design and production. Hands-on experience in creating and editing digital media. Production of digital media for specific contexts.
  

  • COM 255 - Communication Ethics

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Examines typical communication situations involving ethics. Provides methodologies for critically evaluating ethical situations. Uses case approach with emphasis on application.

    Prerequisite: WRI 122  
  

  • COM 256 - Public Relations

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces history and practice of public relations; emphasizes practical accomplishment of public relations campaigns. Topics: internal/external audiences, brochures, press releases, internal documents, pitches, issue management, and project design, execution. Service learning course.

    Prerequisite: WRI 122  
  

  • COM 276 - Democracy and Media

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Provides introduction to ownership/structure of media, politics, objectives, and links to the corporate and national economy. Introduces project analysis through ownership, sourcing, flak, advertising, ideology filters.

    Prerequisites: COM 115  and WRI 122  
  

  • COM 301 - Rhetorical Theory & Applicatn

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces rhetorical theories and applications to personal, business and industrialsettings. Focuses on evolution of rhetoric. Examines rhetorical effects on individual,group and mass communication.

    Prerequisites: SPE 111  and WRI 227  
  

  • COM 305 - Contemporary Rhetorical Theory

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Explores contemporary rhetorical theory in its development over the 20th century. Topics range from the need for a new rhetoric to critical rhetorical theories of power, race, and gender.

    Prerequisites: SPE 111  and WRI 121  
  

  • COM 307 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • COM 309 - Communication Tech in Use

    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Advanced use of communication technology. Emphasis on the use of communication technology to achieve specific communication goals. Features a large project using multiple communication technologies to reach specific audiences.

    Prerequisites: COM 109 , MIS 101 , MIS 102 , and MIS 103  
  

  • COM 320 - Advanced Intercultural Comm

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Builds on theories from COM 205. Focuses on analyzing intercultural interactions inspecific work contexts, for example health care, education, social services, business and technology.

    Prerequisite: COM 205  
  

  • COM 325 - Gender and Communication

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces basic theories and concepts of culturally-derived gendered communication patterns and behaviors. Builds understanding and skills enabling students to analyze those patterns and behaviors in order to develop and practice effective communication strategies.

    Prerequisite: COM 205  
  

  • COM 326 - Communication Research

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to research methods and design. Design of both quantitative and qualitative research. Emphasis on communication based methodologies: focus groups, directed interviews, and ethnomethodologies. Includes a research project and written and oral research reports.

    Pre- or Corequisite: WRI 227  
  

  • COM 336 - Nonverbal Communication

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Nonlinguisitic aspects of human communication. Examines the relationships between nonverbal and verbal communication behavior and nonverbal communication skill. Topics include space, distance, environment, touch, gesture, facial expression and gaze as communication.

    Prerequisites: COM 225  and SPE 111  
  

  • COM 345 - Organization Comm I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Studies communication in organizations, including message movement, exchange and interpretation, identification of variables, roles and patterns influencing communication in organizations.
  

  • COM 346 - Health Communication

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Overview of interpersonal, social, and cultural issues in health communication, including family interaction, roles of patients and caregivers, communication in health organizations and the role of media.

    Prerequisites: WRI 122  with grade “C” or better, and COM 205  or equivalent
  

  • COM 347 - Negotiation & Conflict Resol’n

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Examines theories and strategies for conduct of conflict and negotiation across contexts. Topics: destructive conflict cycles, confronting/managing conflict, social/psychological aspects, conflict analysis, causes, and promoting constructive conflict.

    Prerequisite: SPE 321  or instructor consent
  

  • COM 348 - Facilitation

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Provides experience leading small groups through deliberative processes including participatory decision making and conflict resolution. Provides theoretical and practical understanding of facilitation focusing on building skills in group leadership.

    Prerequisite: SPE 321  
  

  • COM 358 - Communication and the Law

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Issues involved in establishing legal parameters within which professional communicators work. Evolving interpretations of the first amendment, balancing conflicting first amendment claims, libel, limits of a free press, prior restraint, licensing and regulation.

    Prerequisites: SPE 111  and WRI 227  
  

  • COM 365 - Electronic Comm & Society

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Explores the Internet as a mediator of human communication and its effect on society. Topics include: social media, informatics, entertainment/workplace contexts, and the convergence of technology as a global village.

    Prerequisite: WRI 227  
  

  • COM 401 - Civil Engineering Project I

    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    First term of two-term sequence integrating civil engineering design, group dynamics and techinical communications. Students receive three credit hours in civil engineering design (CE 401) and three credit hours in communication for general education (COM 401). Students will be introduced to a major civil engineering project, prepare a professional engineering proposal and function effectively in engineering design teams. Formal written proposal and oral presentation of the proposal are required.

    Prerequisite: Civil Engineering advisor consent
    Corequisite: CE 401  
  

  • COM 402 - Civil Engineering Project II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Second term of a two-term sequence. Students receive three credit hours in civil engineering design (CE 402) and three credit hours in communication for general education (COM 402). Student teams will perform work as defined in the fall term proposal. Consultations with faculty, students, and clients ensure work progresses toward stated goals. Term culminates with final design recommendations presented in a written report and oral presentation. Plans, specifications, and a construction cost estimate will also be completed.
  

  • COM 407 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 15
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • COM 415 - Dev Eff Multmdia Presntn

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Interdisciplinary course introducing students to the tools and skills associated with designing, developing, presenting, and disseminatin state-of-the-art mulitmedia presentations. Hands-on experience with graphics, digital/audio video, animation, and text.

    Pre or Corequisites: CST 102  or equivalent, or instructor consent; PWR 220  
  

  • COM 420 - Externship

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 15

    Students work in applied settings in their emphasis under the supervision of an on-site mentor. Regular contact with extern advisor. Written externship reports required.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing
  

  • COM 421 - Senior Project I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Allows students to initiate research on a significant capstone project in the communication field. Focuses on development of a porposal and presentation.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing
  

  • COM 422 - Senior Project II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Continues work of COM 421, focusing on project research methodologies.

    Prerequisite: COM 421  
  

  • COM 423 - Senior Project III

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Focuses on completion of project, including final documentation and presentation.

    Prerequisite: COM 422  
  

  • COM 424 - Capstone Course

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Communication Studies majors complete a significant research project that bridges education with future profession or graduate school. Students collaboratively produce a project or portfolio reflecting strong critical thinking and application of communication theory and practice. Project topics vary by instructor.

    Prerequisites: WRI 227  and Senior standing  
  

  • COM 425 - Mediation

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Prepares students to mediate in public and private settings. Covers conflict management strategies, processes and issues including gender and cultural awareness.

    Prerequisite: COM 225  or instructor consent
  

  • COM 426 - Mediation Practicum

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Mediation practice and obervation with experienced mediators through the Klamath Mediation Center. Students will progress from observation, to co-mediation, and finally, mediation of real disputes. Builds on the theoretical insights and practice of COM 425.

    Pre- or Corequisite: COM 425  
  

  • COM 437 - Comm Training & Devpmt

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Prepares students to facilitate communication skills workshops and differentiate between organizaitonal structure and communication training needs. Topics include: audience analysis, learning theory, curriculum design, presentation skills, classroom dynamics and assessment.

    Prerequisite: SPE 321  
  

  • COM 445 - Organiz’l Communication II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Examines organizational communication systems and the design of communication audit procedures. Synoptic reports of findings and recommendations.

    Prerequisite: COM 345  or instructor consent
  

  • COM 446 - Communication & Leadership

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Explores the relationship between communication and leadership within organizations and the development and application of communication competencies associated with effective leadership.

    Prerequisite: SPE 321  or instructor consent

Clinical Sleep Health
  

  • CSH 201 - Human Development and Sleep Health

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Normal sleep architecture over the lifespan. Behavioral, physiological, and environmental patterns that contribute to healthy sleep.
  

  • CSH 220 - Sleep Disord & Co-Morbid

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Pathophysiology, epidemiology, and clinical presentation of abnormal sleep. Understanding and recognition of major comorbidities associated with sleep disorders.
  

  • CSH 225 - Imp of Neuro Disord on Slp

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Effect and management of chronic neurological disorders on sleep quality and therapy outcomes.
  

  • CSH 233 - Sleep Therapies & Compliance

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Non prescription sleep therapies, PAP, CBT, Light Therapy, Chronotherapy and other treatment modalities. Patient compliance issues, predictors of outcomes, and psychological theories.
  

  • CSH 236 - Pharmacology of Sleep

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Different classes of medication, dependency, addiction, long term effect on sleep, and prognosis for other sleep therapies.
  

  • CSH 242 - Evaluation & Measurement Tools

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Physiological, psychological, and psychomotor evaluation and measurement tools to assess severity of sleep disorders and patient response to therapy.
  

  • CSH 255 - Oral Appliances for Sleep Apnea

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Review all types of oral appliances and their appropriate applications and preparations for use with sleep apnea patients.
  

  • CSH 268 - Lrng, Hlth Lit, & Comm Edu

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Adult education theories, appropriate communication strategies for health literacy, development of programming for patients, families, allied health providers, and community groups.
  

  • CSH 276 - Capstone Project

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Students develop, plan and implement a project for community sleep education. Instructor functions as a consultant.

    Prerequisite: CSH 268  
  

  • CSH 277 - Clinical Sleep Health Extern

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 40
    Credit Hours: 13

    Clinical skills essential for the practice of sleep case management. Patient assessment, creation of individualized care plan, long term compliance monitoring, and identification of changes in the status of other chronic diseases. Students must be employed in a clinical facility that treats sleep disordered patients. (400 contact hours).

    Prerequisite: CSH 268  

Computer Systems Engineering Technology
  

  • CST 102 - Intro Computer Systems

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Concepts, terms, and trends related to the Computer Engineering Technology (hardware) and Software Engineering Technology (software) curriculums. Includes discussions on fundamental aspects of the computer field. Laboratory component will introduce students to microcomputers, programming concepts and various computer/engineering related software.

    Prerequisite: CSET major or instructor consent
  

  • CST 107 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CST 116 - C++ Programming I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Computer concepts and problem solving methods using C++ programming language. Topics include: algorithms, simple data types, conditional and iterative structures, function definition, structured programming and documentation. Cannot be taken for graduation credit if student has completed MIS 116.

    Pre- or Corequisite: MATH 111  
  

  • CST 120 - Embedded C

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    C programming concepts for embedded platforms such as cross-compilation, storage classes, dynamic memory allocation, bitwise operations and masking. Embedded systems topics such as I/O ports, interrupts, timers and hardware interfacing will also be explored.

    Prerequisites: CST 126  and CST 162  
  

  • CST 126 - C++ Programming II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Solving complex problems using advanced features of the C++ language. Topics include function usage, pointer data type, dynamic memory allocation, string manipulation, and structure and union data types. Emphasis is on structured program design techniques. Cannot be taken for graduation credit if student has completed MIS 126.

    Prerequisite: CST 116  with grade “C” or better
  

  • CST 130 - Computer Organization

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces computer elements, organization, and instruction sets. Computer arithmetic, ALU, Registers, Datapath, memory and Control unit functions. Course includes laboratory.

    Prerequisite: CST 162  with grade “C” or better
  

  • CST 131 - Computer Architecture

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Continuation of CST 130. Topics include: main memory, cache, virtual memory, memory management, secondary storage, networks, operating system functions, and pipelining.

    Prerequisite: CST 130  with grade “C” or better
  

  • CST 133 - Digital Logic II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduction to sequential logic, latches, flif-flops, registers, counters, timers, finite state machines. Implementation in programmable logic devices using HDL. DC and AC parameters, timing analysis. Laboratory is integral to class.

    Prerequisite: CST 162  or EE 131 , both with grade “C” or better
  

  • CST 134 - Instrumentation

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lecture/laboratory course that provides students experience in measuring, calibrating, and testing digital and analog systems. Uses various test equipment for test and measurement of digital and analog components.

    Pre- or Corequisite: CST 133  
  

  • CST 136 - OOP with C++

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    A study of object oriented programming with C++. Beginning and intermediate concepts are covered including classes, objects, member functions, overloading, inheritance, polymorphism, templates, and virtual functions. This course prepares students with a strong C background for upper division coursework using C++. Cannot be taken for graduation credit if student has completed MIS 136.

    Prerequisite: CST 126  with grade “C” or better
  

  • CST 162 - Digital Logic I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduction to combinational logic. Includes introduction to number systems, Boolean algebra, logic gates, Muxes, Decoders, Adders, Subtracters. Logic design using a hardware description language. Laboratory integral to the class.

    Pre- or Corequisite: MATH 100  
 

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