| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway ORENG-119 Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts and writing, revising and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion.
Composition I Pathway Course Outline | ||
| ENG-120 | Composition I ENG-120 Students develop a writing process by reading and analyzing texts that illustrate various rhetorical strategies as well as writing, revising and editing short essays. Minimally, students must compose four formal, revised writing assignments, having one reach at least 1,250 words.
Composition I Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| BIO-100 | Bio Science I BIO-100 This course provides an introduction to the fundamental processes and structures common to all living things along with their applications to society.
Bio Science I Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| MAT-130 | College Algebra ANDMAT-130 Review of the real number system, radicals, equations, and exponents, relations and functions, logarithms, complex numbers, polynomials, and theory of equations. A graphing calculator is required. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendation.
College Algebra Course Outline | ||
| MAT-132 | Trigonometry ORMAT-132 Develop the definitions, properties and graphical characteristics of trigonometric functions. Include radian measure, trigonometric identities and equations, solutions of oblique and right triangles and inverse trigonometric functions and polar coordinates. Graphing calculator required.
Trigonometry Course Outline | ||
| MAT-140 | Algebra With Trigonometry MAT-140 A unified study of the algebraic and trigonometric concepts needed for calculus. Credit not granted for both this course and College Algebra. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendations.
Algebra With Trigonometry Course Outline | 5.0 | |
| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology ORPSY-271 Focuses on psychology as a science, presenting concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy and social psychology.
Intr/Psychology Course Outline | ||
| SOC-280 | Introduction to Sociology SOC-280 Study of human interaction focusing on social influences shaping personality, structure and dynamics of human society. Topics include: sociological perspective, culture, society, social interaction; social change in global perspective; socialization; families; social class; and social stratification; race and ethnicity; and deviance.
Introduction to Sociology Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| AGR-206 | Intro/Animal Science AGR-206 Focuses on a study of beef, swine, sheep, poultry and horses and the scientific factors affecting nutrition, selection and genetics, products, environment and physiology.
Intro/Animal Science Course Outline | 4.0 | |
Semester Totals |
19.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| ENG-121 | Composition II ENG-121 Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
Composition II Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| MAT-241 | Analytical Geometry and Calculus I ORMAT-241 Differential and integral calculus of elementary functions of one variable, such as polynomial, rational, radical, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions, will be covered. Applications include rates of change, optimization, curve sketching and area. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendations.
Analytical Geometry and Calculus I Course Outline | ||
| MAT-211 | Math Analysis MAT-211 This course covers mathematical analysis of polynomial calculus with applications to business and social sciences. It includes the mathematics of finance, techniques and applications of differentiation & integration, optimization theory and area. Graphing calculator required.
Math Analysis Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| BIO-116 | General Zoology BIO-116 An introduction to the basic concepts of animal life and its diversity. Including: taxonomy, cellular and organismic structure and function, development and economic importance.
General Zoology Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| POS-160 | American National Government ORPOS-160 The fundamental principles of the American Government are summarized. Such topics as federalism, civil liberties, citizenship, parties and elections, the Presidency, Congress, Judiciary and national policies and politics are discussed within the framework of the American Constitutional system.
American National Government Course Outline | ||
| SOC-286 | Racial and Ethnic Groups ORSOC-286 An examination of American racial and ethnic diversity with an attempt to understand racial and ethnic relations. The examination is made emphasizing the sociological perspective while including material from the other social sciences.
Racial and Ethnic Groups Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
| ART-250 | Understanding Art ORART-250 A survey of the visual arts from Ancient to contemporary times, an understanding the major cultural and historical relationships to the art forms.
Understanding Art Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Fine Arts --- ---
IAI Fine Arts | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| COM-111 | Intro to Speech Communication COM-111 Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selecting, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence and points of view to audiences.
Intro to Speech Communication Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| CHM-150 | General Chemistry I CHM-150 General principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include atomic theory, bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws and thermochemistry.
General Chemistry I Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| ECO-231 | Principles of Economics I (Macro) ORECO-231 Focuses on the nature and method of economics, basic supply and demand analysis, national income accounting, business cycles, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy, money and banking and monetary policy.
Principles of Economics I (Macro) Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
| HIS-250 | Western Civil to 1660 ORHIS-250 A survey of the political, economic, cultural and social development of Western Civilization to 1660. Topics include prehistory, ancient near east, Greco-Roman world, Germanic migrations, middle ages, Renaissance and Reformation, and the beginnings of the Modern World.
Western Civil to 1660 Course Outline | ||
| HIS-252 | West Civil/1660-Present ORHIS-252 Survey of Western Civilization with topics including absolutism, the rise of modern science, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Age of Ideology, Imperialism, the Russian Revolutions, World War I, the Rise of Totalitarianism, World War II and the Contemporary Age.
West Civil/1660-Present Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Humanities/Fine Arts --- ---
IAI Humanities/Fine Arts | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
13.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| CHM-151 | General Chemistry II CHM-151 Continuation of the general principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include solids/liquids, solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
General Chemistry II Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| HIS-153 | History/Culture of Third World ORHIS-153 The course will introduce the student to history and culture in the third world from ancient civilizations to the modern era. This course will focus upon broad themes in history and culture and will examine those themes in each major historical era.
History/Culture of Third World Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Humanities/Fine Arts --- ---
IAI Humanities/Fine Arts | 3.0 | |
| BIO-235 | Microbiology BIO-235 This course covers a survey of microorganisms with detailed study of the biology, metabolism, growth, death, genetics, and methods of differentiation of bacteria. Also classification, control of organisms by physical and chemical methods, immunology and diseases are covered.
Microbiology Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| AGR-207 | Intro/Ag Economics AGR-207 Principles of economics applied to problems in agriculture, marketing of agricultural products, agricultural policy and the role of agriculture in the U.S. and world economies.
Intro/Ag Economics Course Outline | 4.0 | |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 64.0 | ||
| Suggested Electives | |||
| MAT-125 | Statistics MAT-125 Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required.
Statistics Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| AGR-064 | Beef/Dairy Production Skills AGR-064 Prepares students with the necessary skills required in modern cattle production, the different methods and tools used to perform these skills and a close inspection of handling facilities.
Beef/Dairy Production Skills Course Outline | 1.5 | |
| PHY-130 | College Physics I PHY-130 This course covers Newtonian Mechanics, heat, fluid motion. Intended for students in the pre-professional areas, arts and sciences, and four year technology majors. It is not intended for students who plan to major (or minor) in physics or engineering.
College Physics I Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| AGR-065 | A.I. Management-Cattle AGR-065 Provide a basic understanding of reproductive physiology and trains individuals to artificially inseminate beef or dairy cattle. Explains and gives hands-on experience in actual insemination producers.
A.I. Management-Cattle Course Outline | 1.5 | |
| PHY-131 | College Physics II PHY-131 An introduction to electricity and magnetism, wave motion, optics and basic modern physics for pre-professional, arts and sciences, and four year technology majors. This course is to be taken with PHY-130 to form a complete sequence.
College Physics II Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| AGR-071 | Swine Reproduction and A.I. AGR-071 Trains individuals to understand reproductive physiology, semen collection and artificial insemination.
Swine Reproduction and A.I. Course Outline | 1.0 | |