ACCT 101 Financial Accounting
Prerequisites: CS 100 “C” or better and eligibility to enroll in MATH 112 or instructor consent. Concurrent enrollment in ACCT 103 or ACCT 103 “C” or better.
Introductory course for the study of fundamental accounting principles involved in the preparation of financial statements for corporations. Includes the study of the accounting cycle, accounting systems, cash, receivables, inventories, long-term assets, liabilities, and equity accounts.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: BUS 903
ANTH 101 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Explores human origins, fossil records, human adaptation and variation, population genetics, and humankind’s place in world ecology.
BIOL 100 Introduction to Biology
Intended for non-science majors. This course provides an introduction to important biological principles: (1) cellular biology including chemistry of life, cell structures, cell division, cell metabolism, classical and molecular genetics; (2) organismal biology including diversity, evolution, and ecology.
4 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 2 lab hours per week. IAI: L1 900L
BIOL 105 General Biology I
Prerequisite: Students must be eligible for (as determined by COMPASS score or other assessment) or currently enrolled in college level Math and English courses (100-level or greater).
For science and pre-professional majors and those with strong interest in science, this course includes the principles of cellular and molecular biology, including the chemistry of life, metabolism, photosynthesis, classical and molecular genetics, genetic regulation, and cellular reproduction.
5 credit hours: 4 lecture hours; 3 lab hours per week. IAI: L1 900L; BIO 910
BIOL 108 Principles of Biology I
The first of a two semester sequence in introductory biology which covers the chemistry of living organisms, cellular biology, respiration, photosynthesis, classical and molecular genetics and biotechnology.
4 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 2 lab hours per week. IAI: L1 900L
BIOL 120 Nutrition
Reviews the principles of nutritional science, the steps of scientific method applied to nutrition research, and the current nutritional concepts and controversies. Topics include digestion, absorption, and functions of macronutrients and micronutrients; diet analysis; malnutrition; and nutritional needs of pregnancy, infancy and other sages of life.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
BIOL 145 Anatomy Physiology I
Prerequisites: High school biology within the past five years or completion of BIOL 100; 101; 105 “C” or better and high school chemistry within the past five years or CHEM 101 or 110 “C” or better, and student must have completed REA 098 and MATH 080 (or COMPASS equivalent), and student must be eligible for (as determined by COMPASS score or other assessment) or currently enrolled in college-level English courses (100-level or greater) or instructor consent.
A systematic study of the anatomical-physiological aspects of the human body. Topics include homeostasis, biomolecules, cytology, histology, as well as integumentary, skeleto-muscular, nervous and endocrine systems.
4 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 2 lab hours per week.
BIOL 146 Anatomy Physiology II
Prerequisite: BIOL 145 “C” or better; an appropriate COMPASS score required.
Continuation of BIOL 145. Systematic study of cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. Fluids, electrolytes, acid-base balance, metabolism, and human development are also studied.
4 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 2 lab hours per week.
BIOL 150 Medical Terminology
Prerequisite: 83 or above on COMPASS reading test or REA 098 “C” or better.
This course presents the principles of medical word construction through identification of root words, prefixes, suffices, combining forms, and methods of building medical terms. Emphasis is placed on correct medical word spelling, pronunciation, and definition, while introducing terminology specific to various body systems. The course is intended to prepare students to classify medical information for use in medical coding, billing, and reporting.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
BIOL 261 Microbiology
Prerequisite: BIOL 105 or 145 or instructor consent.
The study of microorganisms including historical background, morphology, physiology, growth, identification, genetics, control, immunology, and diseases. Laboratory is stressed.
4 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 2 laboratory hours per week.
CHEM 101 General Chemistry I
Prerequisite: One year of high school chemistry or CHEM 110 or the completion of MATH 112 or 118 or by Algebra assessment.
Fundamental principles of stoichiometry, periodicity, atomic structure and thermochemistry with applications to gases, liquids, solids and solutions.
4 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 3 lab hours per week. IAI: P1 902L; CHM 911
CHEM 102 General Chemistry II
Prerequisite: CHEM 101.
Continuation of CHEM 101. Equilibrium calculations, electrochemistry, acid-base theory, coordination compounds, inorganic chemistry.
4 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 3 lab hours per week. IAI: CHM 912
CHEM 203 Organic Chemistry I
Prerequisite: CHEM 101.
Synthetic and mechanistic features of hydrocarbons, alkyl halides and alcohols, including nomenclature.
5 credit hours: 4 lecture hours; 3 lab hours per week. IAI: CHM 913
CHEM 204 Organic Chemistry II
Prerequisite: CHEM 203.
Continuation of CHEM 203. Emphasis on functional group reactions and mechanisms with spectrochemical interpretations.
5 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 6 lab hours per week. IAI: CHM 914
CS 100 Introduction to Computers
Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score or REA 093 “B” or better.
Introduction to computer concepts, computer applications, and the impact of computers on society. Applications include word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation and web-based software. Basic Algebra or equivalent is recommended.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 1 lab hour per week.
ECON 221 Principles of Macro Economics
Study of the basic macro economic principles of a capitalistic economy, its strengths and weaknesses including supply and demand, prices, role of government, national income measurement and determination, money, banking, monetary and fiscal policies, inflation and unemployment, international trade and payments.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: S3 901
ECON 222 Principles of Micro Economics
Study of the basic micro economic principles of a capitalistic economy emphasizing supply and demand, prices, elasticity, competitive forms in product and resource markets, government and business relationships, poverty, and agriculture.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: S3 902
ENG 101 Composition I
Prerequisite: ACT English score of 22-30 or appropriate COMPASS score; or English 091 “C” or better.
English 101 is designed for students who are competent in the fundamentals of composition. Students will write essays using a variety of expository strategies and will apply standard techniques of documentation when appropriate.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: C1 900 (Grade of “C” or higher required for this course to be eligible to be included in the IAI General Education Core Curriculum.)
ENG 102 Composition II
Prerequisite: English 101 “C” or better.
English 102 is a continuation of English 101, is a required composition course that involves reading, discussion, and analysis of a body of literature to generate ideas for critical and persuasive papers, including one documented research paper.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: C1 901R (Grade of “C” or higher required for this course to be eligible to be included in the IAI General Education Core Curriculum.)
MATH 112 College Algebra
Prerequisites: Appropriate placement score or MATH 086 or 090 or 091 “C” or better and MATH 085.
Includes theory, graphs, and applications of polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions (including symmetry and translations); inequalities, radicals, complex numbers, conics, systems of equations and matrices, permutations and combinations.
4 credit hours: 4 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
MATH 124 Calculus I with Analytic Geometry
Prerequisites: Appropriate placement score or MATH 118 or MATH 112 and MATH 116 “C” or better.
First semester calculus including analytic geometry, with emphasis on functions, limits, continuity, derivative and some of its applications, differentials, antiderivatives, and the definite integral.
4 credit hours: 4 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: M1 900-1, MTH 901
MATH 131 Finite Mathematics for Business
Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score or MATH 112 “C” or better.
This course applies the concepts of algebra to problems found in economics, business, and non-physical sciences. The emphasis is on applications, not on mathematical structure. Topics include linear systems and programming, matrix algebra, mathematics of finance, an introduction to probability and game theory.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: M1 906
MATH 132 Calculus for Bus/Soc Sciences
Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score or MATH 112 “C” or better.
A calculus course which includes differential and integral calculus as applied to business, economics, sociology and natural science. Topics include functions, limits, derivatives, applications of the derivative, and integration.
4 credit hours:; 4 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. . IAI: M1 900-B
PHIL 103 Ethics
Prerequisite: Appropriate COMPASS score or ENG 091 or REA 098 “C” or better.
Presents an introduction to the moral problems of society with an emphasis on concepts and systems.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: H4 904
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
Prerequisites: College level reading scores on COMPASS or REA 093 and SBS 100 “C” or better, or REA 098 and SBS 100 “C” or better.
A survey of the field of general psychology without specific emphasis on any particular theory or model of human or animal behavior. Fundamental principles, methods, theories and issues in the field are discussed. Content areas may include learning, thinking, neuroscience, methodology, memory, perception, personality, intelligence, emotion, adjustment, and abnormality among others.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: S6 900
PSYC 290 Educational Psychology
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 (QC); instructor consent (EC).
The application of research-based psychological principles to education and teaching-learning processes. Special emphasis on understanding growth and development, the learning process, motivation, intelligence, evaluation, measurement, creativity and the impact of culture on learning styles.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week.
SOC 101 Principles of Sociology
Prerequisites: College level reading scores on COMPASS required, or REA 093 and SBS 100 “C” or better, or REA 098 and SBS 100 “C” or better.
Scientific examination of human society and social behavior. Concentrates on human behavior and assumes that it is largely shaped by the groups to which people belong and by the social interaction taking place in these groups. Acquire a basic sociological understanding and sensitivity to the issues of race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: S7 900
SOC 250 Minority Relations
Examines racial, ethnic, and gender minorities. A comprehensive overview of major sociological theories regarding interaction between dominant and minority groups and an investigation of the experiences of minorities in the United States.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: S7 903D
SPEC 101 Principles of Speech Communication
The oral communication course combines communication theory with the practice of oral communication skills. The oral communication course: (1) develops awareness of the communication process; (2) provides inventional, organizational, and expressive strategies; (3) promotes understanding of and adaptation to a variety of communication contexts; and (4) emphasizes critical skills in listening, reading, thinking and speaking.
3 credit hours: 3 lecture hours; 0 lab hours per week. IAI: C2 900
