Course Descriptions

FIRE 220 - Strategy and Tactics

• Discuss fire behavior as it relates to strategies and tactics.
• Explain the main components of pre-fire planning and identify steps needed for a pre-fire plan review.
• Identify the basics of building construction and how they interrelate to pre-fire planning and strategy and tactics.
• Describe the steps taken during size-up.
• Examine the significance of fire ground communications.
• Identify the roles of the National Incident Management system (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) as it relates to strategy and tactics.
• Demonstrate the various roles and responsibilities in ICS/NIMS.

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FIRE 221 - Principles of Code Enforcement

• Explain the code enforcement system and the fire inspector’s role in that system.
• Describe the codes and standards development and adoption processes.
• Describe the difference between prescriptive- and performance-based codes.
• Describe the legal authority and limitations relevant to fire code inspections.
• Describe the importance of thorough documentation.
• Recognize ethical practices for the code enforcement officer.
• Explain the application and interrelationship of codes, standards, recommended practices, and guides.
• Describe the differences in how codes apply to new and existing structures.
• Identify appropriate codes and their relationship to other requirements for the built environment.
• Describe the political, business, and other interests that influence the code enforcement process.
• Identify the professional development process for code enforcement practitioners.

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FIRE 222 - Fire Plans Review

• Describe at least three reasons for performing plan checks, the objectives of a proposed plans review program, the impact of such a program, and how the program will enhance current fire prevention programs.
• Develop a graphic illustration of a model plans review system, identifying at least four components involved in the system including the use of plans review checklists.
• List three methods to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of code requirements according to applicable standards.
• Determine fire department access, verify appropriate water supply, and review general building parameters.
• Determine occupancy classification, construction type; calculate occupant load and, the height and area of a building.
• Determine the appropriateness of the three components of a building’s egress system (exit access, exit, and exit discharge), verify building compartmentation and the proper enclosure of vertical openings.
• Identify special hazards, verify interior finish and establish the proper location for pre-engineered fire extinguishing systems. .
• Verify the compliance of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, review sources requiring venting and combustion air, verify the proper location of fire dampers, and evaluate a stairwell pressurization system.
• Verify the proper illumination for exit access, the arrangement of exit lighting and perform a life safety evaluation of the egress arrangement of a building.
• Verify the design of a fire alarm and detection system, and an offsite supervisory system for compliance with applicable standards.

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FIRE 225 - Fire Investigation I

• Identify the responsibilities of a firefighter when responding to the scene of a fire, including scene security and evidence preservation.
• Describe the implications of constitutional amendments as they apply to fire investigations.
• Identify key case law decisions that have affected fire investigations.
• Define the common terms used in fire investigations.
• Explain the basic elements of fire dynamics and how they affect cause determination.
• Compare the types of building construction on fire progression.
• Describe how fire progression is affected by fire protection systems and building design.
• Discuss the basic principles of electricity as an ignition source.
• Recognize potential health and safety hazards.
• Describe the process of conducting investigations using the scientific method.
• Identify cause and origin and differentiate between accidental and incendiary.
• Explain the procedures used for investigating vehicle fires.
• Identify the characteristics of an incendiary fire and common motives of the fire setter.

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FIRE 250 - Fire Protection Internship

• Clearly articulate the duties of the internship and how the duties relate to their program of study.
• Develop new and/or reinforce previously learned skills and knowledge related to their program of study in a work environment.
• Summarize internship experiences and relate them to program coursework.

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FREN 099 - Functional Spoken French

• Speak and understand French in a variety of communicative situations.
• Use grammatical structures and appropriate vocabulary in support of communication.
• Understand written French in certain communicative situations.
• Express and appropriately employ language functions specific to typical communicative situations.
• Demonstrate a fundamental appreciation of the cultures and cultural practices of the French-speaking world.
• Become familiar with fundamental aspects of French history and geography.
• Recognize and actively engage in appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors in specific communicative environments.

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FREN 101 - Elementary French I

• Communicate in the target language at an elementary level in the skill areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening
• Apply linguistic structures supporting communication at the elementary level of proficiency.
• Express and appropriately employ the following language functions: greetings, leave-taking, requesting information, asking for assistance, giving and receiving directions, and expressing opinions.
• Discuss Francophone culture and specific cultural practices at the elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Discuss the relationship between the cultural practices and products under consideration at the elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Exhibit appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors through oral presentations at the elementary level as these correspond to increasing linguistic ability in French.
• Produce and present a cultural project at the elementary level.

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FREN 102 - Elementary French II

• Communicate in the target language at an advanced elementary level in the skill areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening
• Apply linguistic structures supporting communication at the advanced elementary level of proficiency.
• Express and appropriately employ the following language functions: expressing routines, making comparisons, and requesting and giving permission.
• Discuss Francophone culture and specific cultural practices at the advanced elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Discuss the relationship between the Francophone cultural practices and products under consideration at the advanced elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Exhibit appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors through oral presentations at the advanced elementary level as these correspond to increasing linguistic ability in French.
• Produce and present a cultural project at the advanced elementary level.

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FREN 201 - Intermediate French I

• Communicate in the target language at an intermediate level in the skill areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
• Apply advanced grammatical structures, such as complex verb forms, that support communication at the intermediate level of proficiency.
• Compose descriptive, narrative, and expository pieces.
• Express and appropriately employ more complex language functions in speech and in writing, including the following: expressing opinions, analyzing oral and written discourse, and using appropriate language registers.
• Discuss Francophone culture and specific cultural practices at the intermediate level by using more complex sentences and paragraphs.
• Discuss the relationship between the Francophone cultural practices and products under consideration at the intermediate level by using more complex sentences and paragraphs.
• Consider authentic texts, both literary and popular.
• Recognize and actively engage in appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors through oral presentations at the intermediate level as these correspond to increasing linguistic ability in French.
• Produce and present a cultural project at the intermediate  level.

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FREN 202 - Intermediate French II

• Communicate in the target language at an advanced intermediate level in the skill areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
• Apply advanced grammatical structures, such as subjunctive and conditional clauses, that support communication at the intermediate level of proficiency.
• Compose creative, as well as descriptive, narrative, and expository pieces.
• Express and appropriately employ more complex language functions in speech and in writing, including the following: expressing opinions, analyzing oral and written discourse, and using appropriate language registers.
• Discuss Francophone culture and specific cultural practices at the advanced intermediate level by using more complex sentences and paragraphs.
• Analyze authentic cultural products in art, music, film, and literature.
• Analyze authentic texts, both literary and popular.
• Recognize and further develop his or her ability to actively engage in appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors through oral presentations at the advanced intermediate level as these correspond to increasing linguistic ability in French.
• Produce and present a cultural project at the advanced intermediate  level.

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FREN 207 - Readings in French Literature

• Identify literary genres and the characteristics of each.
• Analyze texts in the areas of both form and content.
• Discuss the periods of literary history in French letters and identify the characteristics of each period as they pertain to the works under consideration.
• Identify the pertinent influences on a literary work: literary, social, political and biographical
• Research literary topics
• Produce research-based analyses of literary works

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FREN 208 - Readings in French Literature

• Identify literary genres and the characteristics of each.
• Analyze texts in the areas of both form and content.
• Discuss the periods of literary history in French letters and identify the characteristics of each period as they pertain to the works under consideration.
• Identify the pertinent influences on a literary work: literary, social, political and biographical
• Research literary topics
• Produce research-based analyses of literary works

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GDES 116 - Digital Tools for the Visual Arts

• Demonstrate effective visual communication.
• Produce graphic solutions that reflect independent research.
• Demonstrate the ethical application of digital processes.
• Engage in individual and collaborative creative problem solving that synthesizes discipline knowledge and cultural awareness.

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GDES 121 - Fundamentals of Graphic Design I

• Apply elements of design to graphic communication.
• Apply the creative process of using visual images to express an idea.
• Identify characteristics of major typographic families.
• Employ traditional and digital tools to render letter forms, illustrations and graphic designs.
• Employ sequential images to communicate a story.
• Create page layouts using a grid.
• Practice professional presentation skills.
• Create a visual hierarchy of information within a given space.
• Express a response to visual problem solutions in a critique.

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GDES 124 - Fundamentals of Graphic Design II

• Identify major markets, trends, and uses for graphic design such as publication, web, poster, direct mail, and branding.
• Demonstrate creative problem-solving skills for print and web visual communication.
• Apply elements and principles of design to graphic designs.
• Demonstrate professional presentation practices.
• Illustrate and interpret a corporate identity package.
• Complete solutions to visual communication problems.
• Define, distinguish, and discriminate targeted audiences.
• Employ electronic media to execute design projects.
• Practice creative typographic skills in letter spacing and word spacing.
• Perform with a degree of skill a typographic solution to a visual communication problem.
• Perform with a degree of skill designing page layouts using a grid.
• Apply a hierarchy of information using typography and imagery in a visual communication.
• Describe business practices such as copyright, contracts, ownership, and fees.

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GDES 134 - Illustration I

• Demonstrate key elements of successful illustration: communication, composition, shape, value, texture, color, image.
• Identify key movements and innovations in the history of illustration.
• Demonstrate a variety of traditional and digital techniques used in illustration.
• Identify major markets, trends, and uses for illustration such as editorial, book, advertising, institutional, animation, sequential.
• Create visual images interpreting written text, abstract ideas and concepts.

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GDES 135 - Illustration II

• Distinguish major markets for illustration such as editorial, book, advertising, and institutional.
• Identify the markets that may be most appropriate for a particular style of illustration.
• Recognize trends in major illustrations markets.
• Recognize key elements of successful illustration.
• Apply those elements to illustration assignments.
• Perform with a degree of skill the creative process of making thumbnail sketches using visual images to express an idea.
• Recognize uses of conceptual illustration.
• Perform with a degree of skill the interpretation of an idea using visual images.
• Recognize elements of and uses of narrative illustration.
• Perform with a degree of skill a narrative illustration using a supplied text.
• Demonstrate use of sequential illustration as a narrative device.
• Recognize elements and uses of advertising illustration.
• Perform with a degree of skill an illustration advertising a product or service.
• Combine knowledge of compositional devices in creating effective illustration.
• Construct a successful composition using shape.
• Perform with a degree of skill the employment the relationship between composition and shape.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of light and dark as a story telling device.
• Perform with a degree of skill the use of the concepts of light and shadow to strengthen the communication of an illustration.
• Perform with a degree of skill the balance of areas of texture and areas of non-texture as a device to strengthen an illustration.
• Demonstrate an understanding of color theory as it applies to illustration.
• Perform with a degree of skill the employment color theory to create effective visual communication.
• Perform with a degree of skill the use of proper reference in creating illustration.
• Perform with a degree of skill the use of good drawing skills to create effective illustration.
• Explain one- and two-point perspective.
• Perform with a degree of skill one- and two-point perspective to create effective illustration.
• Perform with a degree of skill the use of details to dramatize and enhance an illustration.
• Perform with a degree of skill a variety of techniques and employ a preferred technique to refine and improve that technique.
• Perform with a degree of skill the use of digital techniques to create illustration.
• Apply a variety of methods of preparing art for print or web reproduction, such as scanning, photographing, and file saving.

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GDES 140 - Introduction to Animation

Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

• Discuss and employ basic principles of animation.
• Discuss business practices and process in the animation industry.
• Employ sequential images to design a storyboard.
• Identify basic animation techniques.
• Identify key movements and innovations in the history of animation.
• Demonstrate basic animation techniques.
• Design characters in preparation for animation.

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GDES 210 - Graphic Design I

• Apply the creative process of making thumbnail sketches, roughs and comprehensives.
• Employ formal elements and principles of art and design.
• Utilize the specialized language of art and design when discussing one’s own work as well as the work of others.
• Analyze type and image selection and appropriateness for individual projects.
• Use traditional and digital graphic design tools to create effective visual communications.
• Identify the importance of grid systems and hierarchy of information in visual communication.
• Apply measurement systems and terminology used by typographers and graphic designers.
• Evaluate the creative accomplishments of other people and cultures, past and present in the development of graphic design.

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GDES 211 - Graphic Design II

• Apply the creative process of making thumbnail sketches, roughs and comprehensives to more advanced projects.
• Employ formal elements and principles of art and design.
• Utilize the specialized language of art and design when discussing one’s own work as well as the work of others.
• Analyze type and image selection and appropriateness for individual projects.
• Demonstrate mastery in the use of traditional and digital graphic design tools.
• Extend grid systems and hierarchical visual and typographical information for more compelling layout and design.
• Apply measurement systems and terminology used by typographers and graphic designers.
• Develop an understanding of the evolution of graphic design and its social and technological place in history.

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GDES 212 - Publication Design with InDesign

• Employ the use of basic tools within the application.
• Demonstrate basic design principles.
• Apply design grids to specific publication needs.
• Describe major type classifications.
• Compare and demonstrate the appropriate use of fonts.
• Demonstrate the use of all typographic controls.
• Apply vector and bitmap graphics to page design.
• Use graphics libraries.
• Demonstrate the use of links to external graphics.
• Employ the use of transparency, feathering, and blending.
• Create document formats consistent with design needs.
• Employ the use of ‘styles’ in type and document format.
• Create master pages for design flow consistency.
• Apply master page modifications to existing documents.
• Evaluate the impact of color choices.
• Employ the use of ‘spot’ and ‘process’ colors.
• Create and employ tint swatches.
• Employ the use of gradients to achieve desired effects.
• Demonstrate grayscale image colorization.
• Apply effective design principles to multiple pages.
• Apply text and design flow to consecutive pages.
• Assess assembly and design flow using paper dummies.
• Demonstrate document preflight procedures.
• Describe document exporting procedures.
• Employ soft-proofing methods.
• Interpret standard proof reader’s marks.
• Evaluate hard copy proofs.

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GDES 214 - Photoshop for Graphics and Photography

• Identify brush characteristics and available options.
• Demonstrate operations with all painting and editing tools.
• Apply painting and editing techniques to photographic restoration.
• Describe all color spaces used in Adobe Photoshop.
• Compare and employ color profiles in both RGB and CMYK.
• Describe the basic file formats and indicate when to use them.
• Determine resolution requirements based on desired end result.
• Identify all options for creating and saving files.
• Demonstrate procedures for utilizing digital photographs and scans.
• Demonstrate the use of all selection tools.
• Demonstrate saving selections and use of Channels Palette.
• Examine the function and use of layers.
• Demonstrate multiple layer composite images.
• Demonstrate the use of layer masks and other area isolation tools.
• Demonstrate channels and masks for image creation and modification.
• Demonstrate the use of channel operations with layers.
• Interpret the image histogram relative to exposure and value range.
• Demonstrate image correction using ‘Levels’ and ‘Curves.’
• Identify the need for basic color correction.
• Demonstrate the use of adjustment layers and adjustment menu.
• Demonstrate the use of typography, vector imaging, and vector masks.
• Demonstrate the use of filters for creative modification.
• Demonstrate the use of filters for image correction and enhancement.
• Identify output options.
• Describe matching output controls to output device.
• Differentiate between web output and print output.
• Demonstrate ‘Save for Web’ options.

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GDES 216 - Illustrator for Vector Graphics

• Employ pen tool characteristics and available options.
• Demonstrate operations with all drawing and editing tools.
• Demonstrate the use of all selection tools.
• Employ the precision functions to position, manage, and manipulate paths.
• Identify all color spaces used in Adobe Illustrator.
• Explain and utilize all color-related palettes, tools and options.
• Create, modify, and manage colors, gradients, and gradient mesh.
• Demonstrate organizing and manipulating multiple paths and objects.
• Demonstrate the blend tool.
• Explain output limitations when using blends and gradients.
• Identify the function and use of layers.
• Employ multiple layer images.
• Demonstrate operations with all transformation tools and options.
• Demonstrate the use of transparency and clipping masks.
• Demonstrate importing bitmap images (embedded and linked).
• Demonstrate converting vector objects into bitmap objects and vice versa.
• Explain differences between filters and effects.
• Demonstrate the use of filters and effects for creative modification.
• Demonstrate effects to create and modify styles.
• Demonstrate the use of brushes, patterns, and symbols.
• Demonstrate creating and modifying brushes, patterns, and symbols.
• Explain differences between type tools.
• Demonstrate type and text operations.
• Apply document and page set up settings.
• Identify output options.
• Employ output controls for appropriate output devices.
• Create Illustrator artwork that prints with expected results.

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GDES 218 - Graphic Design for the Web

• Evaluate Web pages and Web sites based on design principles.
• Apply graphical layout concepts to the creation of Web pages, utilizing industry standard digital tools.
• Apply principles of color theory to the creation of Web pages, utilizing industry standard digital tools.
• Apply principles of typography to the creation of Web pages, utilizing industry standard digital tools.
• Demonstrate the ability to create and edit images for the Web, utilizing industry standard image creation and editing tools.
• Demonstrate the creation of a well-designed Web site, utilizing industry standard digital tools.
• Demonstrate methods for incorporating video and sound, utilizing industry standard digital tools.
• Demonstrate the creation of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), or current industry standards, to produce Web layouts.
• Demonstrate the incorporation of advanced techniques into the creation of Web pages, utilizing industry standard digital tools.

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GDES 220 - Typography I

• Apply the creative process of making thumbnail sketches, roughs and comprehensives using only type to express an idea.
• Employ formal elements and principles of art and design.
• Utilize the specialized language of art and design when discussing one’s own work as well as the work of others.
• Describe and differentiate characteristics of major type families.
• Use traditional and digital graphic design tools to create effective visual communications.
• Examine and analyze the relationship between the evolution of printing technology and its influence on the development of type characteristics.
• Apply measurement systems and terminology used by typographers and graphic designers.
• Evaluate the creative accomplishments of other people and cultures, past and present in the development of type and typography.

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GDES 221 - Typography II

• Apply the creative process of making thumbnail sketches, roughs and comprehensives using only type to express an idea to more advanced projects.
• Employ formal elements and principles of art and design.
• Utilize the specialized language of art and design when discussing one’s own work as well as the work of others.
• Analyze type selection and appropriateness for individual projects, especially as it relates to issues of readability.
• Demonstrate mastery in the use of traditional and digital graphic design tools.
• Recognize the importance of creating a hierarchy of information in visual communication.
• Apply measurement systems and terminology used by typographers and graphic designers.
• Appreciate that he/she is part of a continuum of visual people working and communicating with type.

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GDES 224 - Graphic Design III

• Apply concept development to solve visual communication problems.
• Define client problems through research, demographic profiles, and writing design briefs.
• Define customer through brand heritage, initial instincts, and adjectives.
• Identify and correct technical problems.
• Prepare professional verbal and visual presentations.
• Identify and define audience.
• Perform with a degree of skill the design and development of a logo, designing on a grid, type specification, page layout, and packaging for web and print.
• Prepare a complete branding campaign using print and web media.
• Employ unconventional methods to find new approaches.
• Demonstrate a willingness to revise and review.
• Operate with real timelines and specific criteria.
• Prepare a professional portfolio in traditional and digital form.
• Evaluate concepts for relevance and effectiveness.
• Discuss the intangibles of design.
• Discuss humor, satire, metaphors, and icons of advertising.
• Participate in a group critique.

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GDES 228 - Advanced Graphic Design for Web and Interaction

• Identify performance-related graphics issues for web and interaction design.
• Identify key size and resolution requirements for screen-based graphics.
• Evaluate successful web and interaction design strategies.
• Formulate necessary components for specific interaction design scenarios.
• Formulate strategies for responsive imagery.
• Construct layouts for optimal interaction performance.
• Optimize graphics for a variety of interaction design needs.
• Design website and mobile application layouts.

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GDES 230 - Advanced Image Editing and Correction

• Explain contrast range as applied to grayscale images.
• Classify images based on Histogram interpretation.
• Apply image corrections to compensate for output limitations.
• Identify neutral areas in color images.
• Apply image corrections to achieve color balance in neutral areas.
• Identify and categorize colors in context.
• Apply image corrections to achieve color balance.
• Explain and compensate for color space gamut inconsistencies.
• Compare Lab color with both RGB and CMYK color models.
• Apply image corrections utilizing Lab color.
• Identify procedures used in advanced color correction.
• Demonstrate color correction on challenging photographs.
• Explain the need to isolate image areas for correction.
• Demonstrate advanced masking techniques and appropriate correction.
• Identify the need for image sharpening.
• Analyze component image channels.
• Apply sharpening techniques utilizing appropriate tools.
• Analyze scanned image quality using quantitative methods.
• Demonstrate calibration adjustments to compensate for input inaccuracy.
• Test and analyze digital camera image capture.
• Test and analyze desktop grayscale output using quantitative methods.
• Demonstrate calibration adjustments to compensate for output inaccuracy.
• Analyze color output utilizing visual comparison methods.
• Explain color image analysis using quantitative methods.
• Demonstrate calibration adjustments to compensate for output inaccuracy.
• Explain color management using color profiles and image tags.
• Demonstrate workflow management from image input to output.
• Demonstrate simple duotones using black and one other color.
• Explain the use of duotones for extending tonal values.

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GDES 234 - Illustration III

• Examine possible illustration markets as appropriate targets for self-promotion.
• Assemble key elements of successful illustration in assignments.
• Employ acquired skills using the creative process of making thumbnail sketches using visual images to express an idea.
• Interpret an idea using visual images.
• Create illustrations for use in portfolio and self-promotion.
• Demonstrate knowledge of compositional devices in creating effective illustration.
• Employ a preferred technique to continue and refine and improve that technique.
• Compile and present a successful portfolio.
• Explain copyright issues.
• Explain contract negotiations.
• Explain the process of accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Construct a business plan.

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GDES 240 - Animation 2: 3-D Modeling

• Identify basic 3-D animation techniques.
• Practice basic 3-D animation techniques.
• Employ basic principles of 3-D animation.
• Employ basic modeling techniques.
• Employ techniques of character design and development.
• Demonstrate knowledge of sculptural concepts in three-dimensional space.
• Create basic as well as complex three-dimensional models.
• Create virtual interior and exterior three-dimensional environments.
• Employ image enhancement techniques for both models and environments.

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GDES 242 - Animation 3: Motion Capture and Character Development

• Compare motion capture use in various applications.
• Identify all components of a motion capture system.
• Demonstrate the assembly and calibration of a motion capture system.
• Link motion capture data to a computer-based system.
• Use appropriate software to acquire movements produced by the motion capture system.
• Employ appropriate 3-D software for manipulation and enhancement of transferred motion capture data.
• Demonstrate character development using appropriate software.
• Use appropriate software to produce character audio.
• Use appropriate software to output animation.

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GDES 269 - Special Graphic Design Assignments

• Apply advanced skills to specific assignments
• Demonstrate the ability to meet assigned deadlines
• Specific objectives vary depending on the needs of individual students

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GDES 285 - Graphic Design Internship

• Demonstrate the ability to interact in a professional environment.
• Apply learned design skills in a real-world setting.

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GEOG 101 - Introduction to Geography

  Assessment Level(s): ENGL 101 /ENGL 101A , MATH 050  , READ 120 . Three hours each week. Formerly GE 101.

3 semester hours

May not be taken concurrently with MATH 017  or MATH 020  or MATH 045   without appropriate Math assessment score.

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

• Identify the four environmental components: the hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.
• Interpret maps and atlases effectively, locating map features and interpreting thematic maps.
• Distinguish between regions, both culturally and physically.
• Make geographic comparisons among places and people.
• Discuss geographic processes, concepts, and terminology.
• Distinguish among geographic theories.
• Utilize maps and atlases as tools.
• Utilize various geographic applications.
• Apply their geographic skills and knowledge to everyday life.
• Students will research, organize, and present in written format about specific geographic topics.
• Analyze geographic data including demographics.
• Articulate their own geographic background.

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GEOG 105 - Cultural Geography

• Distinguish patterns and interactions of human cultures.
• Discuss human impact on the environment.
• Compare cultural groups including similarities and differences.
• Locate places on maps, such as continents, countries, states, and cities.
• Interpret thematic maps effectively.
• Explain assimilation and acculturation among various ethnic groups
• Utilize atlases and maps as tools.

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GEOG 113 - Economic Geography

• Apply the principles and concepts of economic geography.
• Utilize maps and atlases as tools to understand the spatial functioning and organization of economic regions.
• Explain the relationships and interaction taking place among cultures, various technologies, natural resources, and the physical environment as it pertains to the global economy.
• Compare similarities and differences between and among geographic regions.
• Use geographic terminology.
• Demonstrate an understanding of geographic theories and economic models.
• Use graphs and charts to study statistical patterns of economic activities.
• Research, organize, and present in written format about specific economic geography topics.
• Explain how the five industrial regions are interconnected globally.

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GEOG 124 - Physical Geography

• Describe the four environmental components: hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.
• Utilize maps, atlases, and aerial photos to locate various physical features.
• Compare regional differences and make geographic comparisons from a physical perspective.
• Demonstrate an understanding of geographic theories that pertain to the physical environment.
• Explain the Earth’s physical processes, which may include cause and effects, concepts, and terminology.
• Research, organize, and present in written format about specific physical topics.

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GEOG 130 - Global Geography

• Identify significant physical and cultural features.
• Enhance their map and atlas interpretation skills.
• Distinguish similarities and differences among realms and regions.
• Articulate the impact of physical, cultural, economic, and political factors.
• Define specific geographic and global terms.

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GEOG 211 - Political Geography

• Discuss political geography topics such as states, colonialism, international relations, geopolitics, and migrations.
• Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the diversity of political systems and their interrelationships.
• Differentiate the roles of boundaries, types of governments, economies, and other factors in tying countries together as well as separating them.
• Evaluate global developments, conflicts and problems.
• Identify political geographic processes, concepts, and terminology.
• Compare theories of political geography.
• Utilize maps and atlases as tools.
• Apply argumentative, research, evaluative, and geographic skills and knowledge to everyday life.

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GEOG 222 - Geography of the United States

• Identify the locations of the 50 United States in proximity to one other, as well as the nation’s capital and territories.
• Identify state capitals and other significant cities, special sites, and places of interest.
• Distinguish between regions, both culturally and physically.
• Make geographic comparisons among places and people within the United States as well as neighboring countries.
• Utilize maps and atlases as tools.
• Identify unique physical features characteristic of specific areas.
• Explain various architectural structures as it relates to specific cultural influences.
• Discuss the movement of people and how migration as influenced the environment, e.g. economically, agriculturally, politically.
• Explain toponyms and demographics.

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GEOG 235 - Preserving Our Natural Heritage: The Geography of Conservation and Natural Resources

• Describe ecosystems and environmental issues.
• Discuss environmental case studies.
• Make geographic comparisons between environmental regions.
• Identify environmental concepts and terminology.
• Identify National Treasures such as parks, historical sites, forests, seashores, etc.
• Utilize maps and atlases as tools.
• Apply their geographic skills and knowledge to everyday life.
• Demonstrate an understanding of their own environmental surroundings more clearly.
• Gain an appreciation for the fragility of our environmental system.
• Describe the reasoning for exploitation, conservation, and preservation.

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GEOG 240 - Introduction to Cartography

• Explain cartographic history.
• Interpret maps, atlases, and aerial photography effectively.
• Identify various map types and projections and determine when it is best to use a specific kind of map.
• Use cartographic terminology.
• Identify the fundamentals of cartography, e.g. layout and design, color, symbology, scale, and text.
• Apply cartographic and geographic skills to various mapping projects.
• Research, organize, and present in cartographic format about a specific geographic theme.
• Analyze geographic data including demographics.
• Describe the roles of varying cartographic agencies and resources.

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GEOG 250 - Interpretation of Geographic Imagery: Use and Analysis

• Describe remote sensing, landsat imaging, thermal scanning, and nautical charting, as they relate to geographic imagery.
• Identify specific features on aerial photography.
• View and interpret images in stereovision.
• Demonstrate an understanding of color process and layering as they relate to geographic imagery.
• Describe cartographic processes, concepts, and terminology.
• Analyze geographic and cartographic data.
• Utilize maps and atlases as tools.
• Utilize various cartographic and demographic applications.
• Research, organize, and present in a layering format about a specific imaging topic.
• Describe interpolation.
• Utilize topographic maps and orthophotos.

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GEOG 251 - Principles of Map Design

• Demonstrate an understanding of advanced cartographic layout and design.
• Use additional cartographic applications through hands-on and computer mapping.
• Digitize information not yet in digital format.
• Distinguish among various map types
• Explain cartographic processes, concepts , and use geographic terminology.
• Utilize mapping and graphic software for specific cartographic projects.
• Utilize maps as tools.
• Locate various cartographic resources.
• Research, organize, and present a specific geographic topic.

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GEOG 255 - Introduction to Computer Mapping

• Apply cartographic skills and knowledge to specific thematic mapping projects.
• Utilize maps, mapping software, and graphics software as tools.
• Research, organize, and present in cartographic format about specific cartographic theme.
• Locate various cartographic resources.
• Analyze cartographic data for problem solving.
• Use additional mapping software packages.

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GEOG 260 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

• Demonstrate an understanding how GIS operates as hardware and software.
• Apply GIS as a tool for problem-solving.
• Utilize their GIS skills to create useable map products.
• Display, analyze, and change spatial data, query data bases, and design maps for presentations.
• Describe how GIS is used to manage spatial data.

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GEOG 265 - Research Topics in Applied Geography

• Articulate specific and specialized topics in geography.
• Explain of geographic processes, concepts, and use geographic terminology.
• Articulate geographic theories.
• Utilize maps and atlases as tools.
• Utilize various geographic applications.
• Utilize geographic and cartographic skills to a specific theme.
• Research, organize, and present in written format about specific geographic topics.
• Analyze geographic data, demographics, and other various statistics.

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GEOG 270 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems

• Demonstrate an understanding of how various GIS software functions to carry out advanced analytical and problem-solving operations.
• Use network, spatial, and 3D concepts as tools for problem-solving.
• Display, analyze, and change spatial data from one format to another; apply statistical analyses to spatial problems; and evaluate appropriate software to use in solving spatial problems.
• Utilize their GIS skills to create useable map products.

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GEOL 101 - Physical Geology

• Analyze, interpret, and use scientific data to evaluate geologic hypotheses.
• Infer geologic processes from the identification of common minerals and rocks through the systematic observation and measurement of physical properties.
• Compare and contrast rates of various processes operating on earth.
• Evaluate the impact of geology and geologic resources on society using information from printed or electronic sources.
• Predict the likelihood of geologic hazards in a region using geological and historical data.
• Interpret the landforms and geologic evolution of a region using topographic and geologic maps.

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GEOL 102 - Historical Geology

• Measure the properties of individual sedimentary particles, and analyze the textural qualities of sediment by weighing and graphing the various particle components.
• Determine the original environment of deposition of rocks, based on their physical properties.
• Explain the sequence of development of geologic concepts from classical times to the present.
• Explain the operation of Plate Tectonics.
• Explain the meaning of geologic time, and be able to place important geologic events in proper sequence relative to the Geologic Time Scale
• Explain and apply the principles of evolutionary theory in analysis of the sequence or occurrence of organisms in geologic time.
• Analyze significant periods of rapid change in the distribution of life forms on the Earth in terms of cause and effect.
• Explain the sequence of major events recorded in the rock record, with a concentration on the geologic history of North America.
• Explain the basic principles of organic taxonomy, and be able to classify important fossil organisms using information derived from the study of hard parts preserved in the rock strata.

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GERM 101 - Elementary German I

• Communicate in the target language at an elementary level in the skill areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening.
• Apply linguistic structures supporting communication at the elementary  level of proficiency.
• Express and appropriately employ the following language functions: greetings, leave-takings, requesting information, asking for assistance, giving and receiving directions, and expressing opinions.
• Discuss German culture and specific cultural practices at the elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Discuss the relationship between the cultural practices and products under consideration at the elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Exhibit appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors through oral presentations at the elementary level as these correspond to increasing linguistic ability in German.
• Produce and present a cultural project at the elementary level.

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GERM 102 - Elementary German II

• Communicate in the target language at an advanced elementary level in the skill areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
• Apply more complex grammatical structures supporting communication at the advanced elementary level of proficiency.
• Express and appropriately employ more complex language functions including the following: expressing routines, making comparisons, and requesting and giving permission.
• Discuss German culture and specific cultural practices at the advanced elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Discuss the relationship between the cultural practices and products under consideration at the advanced elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Exhibit appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors through oral presentations at an advanced elementary level as these correspond to increasing linguistic ability in German.
• Produce and present a cultural project at the advanced elementary level.

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GERM 201 - Intermediate German I

• Read and write in German at the intermediate level of proficiency.
• Apply advanced grammatical structures, such as complex verb forms, that support communication at the intermediate level of proficiency.
• Compose descriptive, narrative, and expository pieces.
• Express and appropriately employ more complex language functions in speech and in writing, including the following:
  • a. expressing opinions
  • b. analyzing oral and written discourse
  • c. using appropriate language registers.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the cultures and cultural practices of the German-speaking world.
• Read and analyze authentic texts, both literary and popular.
• Recognize and actively engage in appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors as these correspond to their increasing linguistic ability in German.
• Engage in cultural activities outside of class.
• Read and analyze authentic short texts in the target language.
• Produce and present a group cultural project as an integral part of the class.

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GERM 202 - Intermediate German II

• Read and write in German at the intermediate + level of proficiency.
• Apply advanced grammatical structures, including subjunctive and conditional clauses that support communication at the intermediate level of proficiency.
• Compose creative as well as descriptive, narrative, and expository pieces.
• Express and appropriately employ more complex language functions in speech and in writing, including the following: a. expressing emotions appropriately b. communicating in specific environments and contexts.
• Demonstrate a heightened appreciation of German culture and cultural practices.
• Consider authentic cultural products in art, music, film, and literature.
• Recognize and further develop their ability to actively engage in appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors as these correspond to their increasing linguistic ability in German.
• Engage in cultural activities outside of class.
• Produce and present an additional group cultural project as an integral part of the class.

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GHUM 101 - Introduction to Global Humanities

• Critically analyze and communicate orally and in writing humanities concepts and global interconnections among peoples and cultures.
• Describe, through the study of the global humanities, how historical, artistic, and cultural contexts influence individuals and societies.
• Identify their underlying assumptions about cultures and cultural values.
• Analyze and articulate the impact of cultural diversity on modern global societies.
• Apply the knowledge and skills gained through the study of the global humanities to explore their majors, the College, and the responsibilities of individuals in their communities.
• Demonstrate   information literacy and technological skills in researching and presenting themes related to the global humanities.

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GNDS 101 - Introduction to Gender Studies

• Demonstrate an awareness of gender studies as an interdisciplinary academic approach.
• Define and explain core feminist terms and concepts applicable to gender studies
• Demonstrate comprehension of the field by using appropriate terminology, theoretical frameworks, and methodologies in class activities and written work
• Discuss and write analytically about gender as a socially diverse and continually shifting concept
• Identify intersecting dimensions of power and analyze how constructions of gender, race-ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, class, age, and ability impact contemporary men’s and women’s experiences and lives
• Demonstrate an understanding of the complexity of contemporary gendered, raced, and classed identity formations
• Apply an intersectional feminist analysis to various texts, films, performances, and cultural artifacts
• Explain strategies of resistance to oppression and models of change for social justice and equality

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GNDS 102 - Understanding LGBT Identities

• Use appropriate vocabulary and demonstrate comprehension of key concepts related to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) studies.
• Identify major historic events significant in LGBT history, and key connections between these events and larger U.S. political and cultural history.
• Identify the ways in which expressions of human sexuality change relative to time and place, by studying sexuality throughout historic time periods, across cultures, and in comparison with contemporary United States psychological and sociological definitions, particularly of sexual orientation and gender.
• Demonstrate understanding of the complexities of LGBT identity formations; how sexuality intersects with other identities such as gender, social class, race, ethnicity, age, religion, geographic region, abilities/disabilities.
• Analyze how various areas of the media and the arts use LGBT cultural images to portray LGBT people, particularly emphasizing how pop culture helps establish cultural identity in LGBT communities but also examining LGBT people’s roles/contributions to all arts.
• Assess psychological and social impacts of prejudice and discrimination aimed at the LGBT community, from interpersonal interactions to social institutions such as the family, education, religion, health care, politics and the military.
• Examine key current civil rights, safety, health and work issues affecting LGBT people, such as non-discrimination policies and marriage equality.
• Recognize the connections between women’s studies and gender studies, , as well as how LGBT studies understands gendered roles, power differentials by gender and gender expressions cross-culturally, both in relation to orientation and apart from it.

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HIND 101 - Elementary Hindi I

• Communicate in the target language at an elementary level in the skill areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening.
• Apply grammatical structures supporting communication at the elementary  level of proficiency.
• Express and appropriately employ language functions in speech and in writing, including greetings, leave-taking, requesting information, talking about self and family, asking for assistance, and giving and receiving directions.
• Discuss Indian culture and cultural practices at the elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Exhibit appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors through oral presentations at the elementary level  as these correspond to increasing linguistic ability in Hindi.
• Produce and present a cultural project at the elementary level.

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HIND 102 - Elementary Hindi II

• Communicate in the target language at an advanced elementary level in the skill areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
• Apply more complex grammatical structures supporting communication at the advanced elementary level of proficiency.
• Express and appropriately employ more complex language functions including the following: expressing routines, making comparisons, and requesting and giving permission.
• Discuss Indian culture and cultural practices at the advanced elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Exhibit appropriate sociolinguistic behaviors at the advanced elementary level through oral presentations as these correspond to increasing linguistic ability in Hindi.
• Discuss the relationship between the Indian cultural practices and products under consideration at the advanced elementary level by using simple sentences.
• Produce and present a cultural project at the advanced elementary level.

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HINM 115 - Medical Terminology I

• Analyze words structurally.
• Correlate word elements with basic anatomy, physiology, and disease processes of the human body.
• Demonstrate correct spelling of medical words.
• Demonstrate correct pronunciation of medical words.
• Demonstrate proficiency in communicating through the oral and written use of basic medical terminology.

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HINM 116 - Medical Terminology II

• Analyze words structurally.
• Correlate word elements with basic anatomy, physiology, and disease processes of the human body.
• Demonstrate correct spelling of medical words.
• Demonstrate correct pronunciation of medical words.
• Demonstrate proficiency in communicating through the oral and written use of basic medical terminology.

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HINM 120 - Concepts of Disease

• Discuss basic alteration in cells and tissues.
• Identify alterations in immunity, cellular proliferation, fluid and electrolyte balance, neuronal transmission, sensory function and pain perception, ventilation and diffusion, perfusion, nutrition and elimination.
• Discuss degenerative changes in aging.
• Recognize complex pathophysiologic concepts.

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HINM 134 - Healthcare Delivery Systems

• Verify the documentation in the health record is timely, complete and accurate.
• Identify a complete record according to organizational policies, external regulations and standards.
• Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of various providers and disciplines, to support documentation requirements throughout the continuum of healthcare.
• Apply policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of health data
• Summarize health information-related leadership roles.
• Explain the importance of healthcare policy-making as it relates to the healthcare delivery system.
• Describe the differing types of organizations, services, and personnel and their interrelationships across the health care delivery system.
• Comply with ethical standards of practice.
• Evaluate the consequences of a breach of healthcare ethics.
• Assess how cultural issues affect health, healthcare quality, cost and HIM.

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HINM 144 - Health Data Content, Structure and Standards

• Analyze the documentation in the health record to ensure it supports the diagnosis and reflects the patient’s progress, clinical findings and discharge status.
• Verify the documentation in the health record is timely, complete and accurate.
• Identify a complete record according to organizational policies, external regulations, and standards.
• Apply policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of health data
• Identify and use secondary data sources.
• Validate the reliability and accuracy of secondary data sources.
• Collect and maintain health data.

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HINM 150 - Introduction to Pharmacology

• Identify the various drug categories
• Locate the appropriate resources for identifying drug information.
• Recognize the various legislative (Federal and State) that impact pharmaceuticals
• Identify the basics of the prescription process
• Relate drug information to various disease conditions and treatment.

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HINM 154 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Information Management

• Identify a complete health record according to organizational policies, external regulations and standards.
• Apply healthcare legal terminology.
• Identify the use of legal documents.
• Apply legal concepts and principles to the practice of HIM.
• Apply confidentiality, privacy and security measures and policies and procedures for internal and external use and exchange to protect electronic health information.
• Apply retention and destruction policies for health information.
• Apply system security policies according to departmental and organizational data/information standards.
• Apply policies and procedures surrounding issues of access and disclosure of protected health information.
• Analyze policies and procedures to ensure organizational compliance with regulations and standards.
• Collaborate with staff in preparing the organization for accreditation, licensure and/or certification.
• Adhere to the legal and regulatory requirements related to health information management.
• Identify potential abuse or fraudulent trends through data analysis.

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HINM 155 - CPT Coding

• Describe and understand the format and characteristics of the CPT/HCPCS code books
• Demonstrate the ability to locate terms in the CPT Index.
• Identify the CMS required modifiers for hospital-based outpatient and physician office services.
• Assess and confirm the Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes are based on encounter documentation using the E/M guidelines.
• Apply knowledge of CPT conventions, format, symbols, and notes to identify the correct CPT code.
• Summarize, read and interpret encounter/visit documentation and operative reports to identify all diagnoses, tests, procedures, and treatment modalities that affect the outpatient encounter.
• Apply, interpret, and implement the information contained in the CPT Section Guidelines.
• Define and state the purposes of a specialty coding reports
• Apply unlisted procedures/services codes appropriately.
• Demonstrate proficiency in CPT coding of procedures/services.
• Identify and assign codes that conform to approved coding principles/guidelines.
• Follow and adhere to ethical coding standards.

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HINM 165 - ICD-10 Coding

• Summarize the historical development and disease classification and nomenclature, classification, nosology, morbidity and mortality.
• List the organizations involved in the development, maintenance and publishing of ICD.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) by: recognizing the fourteen data elements; selecting the appropriate principal diagnosis and principal procedure for all types of patient encounters.
• Show understanding of ICD-10-CM format and conventions by applying: the maximum number of digits in category and subcategory codes; defining the systems, symbols, punctuation marks, uniform abbreviations, instructional terms and related terms.
• Identify the classification procedure for coding of symptoms.
• Illustrate understanding of ICD-10-CM basic principles for diagnoses by applying: the method by which diagnosis codes are located; appropriate level of specificity, principle regarding suspected, ruled out, rule out or questionable conditions; principles followed for multiple coding and principle for “code also underlying disease.”
• Identify appropriate codes for HIV/AIDS disease based on current approved guidelines; select correct causative organisms.
• Summarize understanding of substance abuse and mental disorder coding principles by recognizing differences between substance abuse
• Show understanding of coding principles related to respiratory system: determining appropriate use of codes for COPD, asthma, bronchitis, respiratory failure, CHF and pulmonary edema in specific situations.
• Demonstrate understanding of ICD-10-CM basic principles for procedures by applying the principle for multiple coding; applying the method by which procedure codes are located for eponym, lesions and foreign bodies; recognizing when procedures do not require codes in approach and closure; recognizing when a surgical procedure is not completed or canceled and applying the appropriate code.
• Apply understanding of coding principals related to the circulatory system by: distinguishing between rheumatic vs. non-rheumatic heart disease codes; distinguishing between different levels of hypertension and relationship to cardiovascular and renal disease.
• Show understanding of coding neoplasms by stating or applying how neoplasms are located in the classification system
• Demonstrate understanding of coding principles related to trauma by: recognizing an open vs. Closed vs. Pathological fracture and assigning appropriate code; appropriate degree of burn codes and determining the extent of body involvement; distinguishing between a non-mechanical and a mechanical complication to a prosthetic device of implant
• Apply understanding of coding principles covering adverse effects and poisoning; recognizing the differences between a poisoning and an adverse effect; recognizing a late effect.
• Identify coding principles related to obstetrics:
• Summarize coding principles related to newborns.

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HINM 180 - Health Data Management

• Apply policies and procedures to ensure the highest accuracy and integrity of health data.
• Collect and maintain health data.
• Apply system security policies according to departmental and organizational data/information standards.
• Utilize software in the completion of HIM processes.
• Explain policies and procedures of networks, including intranet and Internet to facilitate clinical and administrative applications.
• Explain usability and accessibility of health information by patients, including current trends and future challenges.
• Explain vendor/contract management.
• Apply knowledge of database architecture and design.
• Explain current trends and future challenges in health information exchange.
• Apply graphical tools for data presentations.
• Utilize basic descriptive, institutional, and population healthcare statistics.
• Validate the reliability and accuracy of secondary data sources.
• Explain the process used in the selection and implementation of health information management systems.
• Utilize health information data analytics to support enterprise-wide decision support for strategic planning.

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HINM 190 - Supervision of Health Information Services

• Apply information and data strategies in support of information governance initiatives.
• Utilize enterprise-wide information assets in support of organizational strategies and objectives.
• Plan budgets and explain budget variances.
• Explain accounting methodologies.
• Summarize health information related leadership roles.
• Evaluate the revenue cycle management processes.
• Apply the fundamentals of team leadership.
• Organize and facilitate meetings.
• Recognize the impact of change management of processes, people and systems.
• Utilize tools and techniques to monitor, report and improve processes.
• Identify cost saving and efficient means of achieving work processes and goals.
• Utilize data for facility-wide outcomes reporting for quality management and performance management.
• Report staffing levels and productivity standards for health information functions.
• Interpret compliance with local, state and federal labor regulations.
• Adhere to work plans, policies, procedures and resource requisitions in relation to job functions.
• Explain the methodology of training and development.
• Explain return on investment for employee training/development.
• Assess how cultural issues affect health, healthcare quality , cost and HIM.

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HINM 200 - Professional Practice Experience I

• Perform patient index procedures according to written and/or verbal instruction in both manual and computerized systems, noting differences in each system.
• File records and reports according to written and/or verbal instructions.
• Observe activities related to the admission of patients to a health care facility.
• Analyze health records correctly using a local hospital standard operating procedure.
• Apply a hospital’s suspension polity to problem situations and ascertain the correct course of action.
• Prepare an analytical report of the suspension process in a local health facility, including a literature search, bibliography, sample forms collection and interviews with department managers.
• Participate in activities related to the tabulation and reporting of incomplete health records.
• Describes the clinical setting of the placement with a focus on the managerial aspects of maintaining records and new learning’s from the experience.
• Prepare a job description for one of the activities covered in the course.
• Analyze charts using a simulated hospital procedure.

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HINM 220 - Advanced Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement

• Apply diagnosis/procedure codes according to current guidelines.
• Evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic and procedural coding.
• Apply diagnostic/procedural groupings.
• Evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic/procedural groupings.
• Analyze the documentation in the health record to ensure it supports the diagnosis and reflects the patient’s progress, clinical findings and discharge status.
• Verify the documentation in the health record is timely, complete and accurate.
• Apply policies and procedures for the use of data required in healthcare reimbursement
• Evaluate the revenue cycle managment processes.
• Analyze current regulations and established guidelines in clinical classification systems.
• Determine accuracy of computer-assisted coding assignment and recommend corrective action.
• Identify discrepencies between supporting documentation and coded data
• Develop appropriate physician queries to resolve data and coding discrepencies
• Comply with ethical standards of practice
• Evaluate the consequences of a breach of healthcare ethics

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HINM 225 - Ambulatory Coding

• Demonstrate skill in the use of CPT in ambulatory care settings to include physician office practice, hospital-based outpatient service, and free-standing ambulatory care settings.
• Identify and assign appropriate Evaluation and Management codes.
• Summarize documentation requirements and explain importance of substantiating E/M codes.
• Apply ICD-10 coding guidelines in an ambulatory setting.
• Demonstrate skill in use of supplementary classification of diseases and injuries by recognizing when it is appropriate to use V codes and E codes and assigning them.
• Show knowledge of case mix management and the effect of coding on reimbursement.

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HINM 230 - Revenue Cycle and Reimbursement Management

• Evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic/procedural coding.
• Evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic/procedural groupings.
• Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of various providers and disciplines, to support documentation requirements throughout the continuum of healthcare.
• Apply policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of health data
• Apply policies and procedures for the use of data required in healthcare reimbursement.
• Evaluate the revenue cycle management process.
• Apply policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of health data both internal and external to the health system.
• Adhere to the legal and regulatory requirements related to health information management.
• Identify discrepencies between suppporting documentation and coded data.

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HINM 271 - Professional Practice Experience II

• Apply facility policies and procedures to ensure accuracy of health data.
• Conduct analysis per facility guidelines to ensure that documentation in the health record supports the diagnosis and reflects the patient’s progress, clinical findings and discharge status.
• Summarize and verify timeliness, completeness, accuracy and appropriateness of data and data sources for patient care, management, billing, reports, registries, and/or databases.
• Monitor and apply organization-wide health record documentation guidelines.
• Use and maintain electronic applications and work processes to support clinical classification and coding.
• Assess and ensure accuracy of diagnostic and procedural groupings.
• Validate coding accuracy using clinical information found in the health record.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between coded data and supporting documentation.
• Differentiate the roles of various providers and disciplines throughout the continuum of healthcare and respond to their information needs.
• Interpret and apply facility policies and procedures for access and disclosure of personal health information.
• Organize and release patient-specific data to authorized users
• Identify and use specialized software in the completion of HIM processes such as record tracking, release of information, coding, grouping, registries, billing, quality improvement and imaging.
• Apply facility policies and procedures to the use of networks, including intranet and Internet applications, to facilitate the electronic health record, personal health record, public health and other administrative applications.
• Support and participate in the planning, design, evaluation and support for electronic health records.

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HINM 272 - Professional Practice Experience III

•Identify concepts and principles of Data Analysis and Management through the analysis and summation of health record data; the organization of data into a useable format; the abstraction of data found in health records; and the maintenance of data dictionaries. (Domain 1)

•Demonstrate correct application of concepts and principles of Coding by applying all official current coding guidelines; assigning diagnostic and procedure codes based on health record documentation; sequencing codes; developing and managing a physician query process; and reviewing the accuracy of abstracted data. (Domain 2)

•Describe concepts and principles of Compliance to ensure health record documentation meets federal and state regulations; validate compliance with privacy and security guidelines (HIPAA); monitor documentation for completeness; manage release of information; and evaluate medical necessity. (Domain 3)

•Apply concepts and principles of Information Technology by evaluating the functionality of applications; maintaining databases; creating data dictionaries; and participating in vendor selection. (Domain 4)

•Identify concepts and principles of Quality by applying standards, guidelines, and/or regulations to health records; defining National Patient Safety Goals (TJC); designing efficient work flow processes; and performing data collection for quality reporting. (Domain 5)

•Apply concepts and principles of Legal aspects by ensuring confidentiality of health records (paper and electronic); demonstrating (and promoting) legal and ethical standards of practice; maintaining integrity of health records; following state and mandated record retention policies; and identifying potential health record-related risk management issues. (Domain 6)

•Explain concepts and principles of Revenue Cycle by participating in clinical documentation improvement; identifying fraud and abuse; monitoring claim denials and determining potential revenue impact; and maintaining the chargemaster.  (Domain 7)

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HINM 280 - Research in Health Information

• Identify the components of a research proposal.
• Prepare research proposal.
• Identify the components of a survey document.
• Prepare a survey document.
• Identify specific uses of a spreadsheet in a health information environment.
• Identify characteristics of a database.
• Abstract data and display the results.
• Perform data base queries.
• Prepare data for presentation.
• Design reports using database report generation and present data.

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HINM 285 - Independent Study Health Information Management

• Conduct independent research in advanced coding, electronic health record management, case studies and/or other scholarly advancements.

• Implement the objectives in advanced EHR procedures/processes in case studies and/or scholarly advancements via presentation, scholarly paper or appropriate scores on mock certification exam.

• Participate in Virtual Lab or professional practice experience to enhance learning, including specialty areas such as registries, clinical documentation improvement, ambulatory care record management, professional association activities and emerging technologies in HIM.

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HIST 112 - Women in World History

• Recognize neo-Confucianism as a hegemonic ideology in shaping the role of women in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan.
• Compare and contrast the experience of women in the Ottoman Empire and the Munhall Empire.
• Analyze how European colonization reconstructed gender relationships in Latin America.
• Illustrate the role of women in revolution and national movements.
• Relate the issue of war to the experience of women during World War II.
• Explain some of the most important issues that confronted women in the Arabic world and South Asia.
• Compare and contrast feminism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

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HIST 114 - The World in the 20th Century

• Compare and contrast the political state of the world in 1900 and 1999.
• Demonstrate understanding of the origins and results of ‘global’ wars such as World War One, World War Two, and the Cold War.
• Describe and explain ideologies such as communism and nationalism and analyze their impact.
• Demonstrate understanding of the impact of industrialization and the use of technology on twentieth century societies and economies.
• Analyze the impact of economic globalization.
• Appreciate and analyze the development of mass culture, women’s movements, migration, and the nature of identity.

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HIST 116 - World History: A Comparative Survey from the Ancient World to A.D. 1500

• Chart the spread of humanity from Africa and demonstrate an understanding of the impact of the Neolithic Revolution on further human developments.
• Explain the geographical and environmental reasons for the varying rates of social and historical development throughout the world.
• Trace religious developments from ritualistic and communal forms to theologically more sophisticated forms that allow for personal spirituality and contain explicit codes of morality.
• Analyze the process of globalization or interconnectedness, as evidenced for example by the history of Central Asiatic peoples and the Silk Road or by the Indian Ocean trade, is a very old phenomenon.
• Explain the basic chronological framework of world history and will demonstrate understanding of cause and effect and comment upon contemporary developments in different parts of the world.

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HIST 117 - World History: A Comparative Survey from A.D. 1500 to the Present

• Appreciate and analyze the diverse cultures and perspectives in a global approach to history.
• Demonstrate understanding of the impact of geography on the development of culture and economy.
• Demonstrate understanding of the development of the industrial revolution and analyze the impact of industrialized nations on the world economy, as well as their impact on specific countries that did not industrialize.
• Explain the growing interdependence of modern nations.
• Analyze the impact of technology and literacy on the emergence of mass societies.
• Explain the impact of ideologies and war on the twentieth century world.

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HIST 146 - History of the Ancient World

• Evaluate the relative merits of various forms of source material.
• Assess the impact of geography upon the development and character of civilizations.
• Demonstrate understanding of the impact (environmental, socio-cultural, technological, and religious) of the Neolithic Revolution.
• Explain the distinguishing characteristics and salient events of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Israelite, Greek, and Roman civilizations.
• Identify feature of Classical Civilization modified or absorbed into later Western Civilization.
• Demonstrate understanding of the manner of and reasons for the successful spread of Christianity.

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HIST 147 - History of Europe from the Fall of Rome to the 17th Century

• Describe and provide reasons for the divergent fates of the eastern and western Roman Empire.

• Identify the historical and theological reasons for the growing divisions within Christianity from the 4th century to the Protestant Reformation.

• Identify the historical context for the creation of Islam, the basic characteristics of the new faith and the nature of its development.

• Describe the evolution of phenomena such as monasticism and feudalism which were key to the Medieval world view.

• Describe and provide reasons for the consolidation of certain nation states (such as France, Spain and England) in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance) and the growing division within other nations (German, Italian).

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HIST 148 - History of Europe from the 17th Century to the Present

• Analyze the structure of early modern European society and the state system.
• Evaluate the impact of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment on European thought and society.
• Identify and illustrate the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
• Explain the new imperialism of the nineteenth century and describe its impact on Europe and the world.
• Analyze the causes and consequences of the two World Wars.
• Evaluate Europe’s role in the modern world.

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HIST 190 - History of Sport in America

• Identify various sports played in America from the colonial period to the present
• Briefly trace the origins of the ancient Olympics and then concentrate upon their revival in the late 1800s and follow their progress to the present with emphasis on American involvement
• Explain and document the growing influence of the media, particularly TV, upon sports following World War II
• Grasp the importance of the sports that evolved within the United States versus those ‘imported’ into the country from other nations
• Ascertain the importance and greater involvement in sports by women and minorities during the late 1800s, l900s, and into the 21st century
• Describe the origins of sports, organized and unorganized, in America and their evolution to today as well as the differences between professional and collegiate sports, then and now

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HIST 200 - History of the United States, a Survey Course: from Colonial Times to 1865

• Compare and contrast indigenous and European societies and cultures.
• Describe the processes of conquest and colonization in the ‘New World.’
• Trace the evolution of slavery and other labor systems as increasingly contentious political issues.
• Explain the factors and ideas leading to American independence and the formation of the United States.
• Explicate the various causes and consequences of national expansion, sectionalism, and the Civil War.

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HIST 201 - History of the United States, a Survey Course: from 1865 to the Present

• Analyze the roles of race, class, gender, religion, immigration, and ethnicity in American society.
• Assess the major political figures and movements since the Civil War.
• Identify the main themes in U.S. foreign policy, including the emergence of the United States as a superpower and the Cold War’s impact on foreign and domestic policy.
• Explicate the relationships between industrial expansion, the evolution of the labor movement, and the role of government.

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HIST 205 - Technology and Culture in the Western World

• Describe the enormous social consequences of the first technological revolution, agriculture.
• Account, in technological terms, for the disparities between Western and nonwestern cultures and civilizations.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the reasons for and the nature of the Industrial Revolution and why it occurred in Britain and the United States.
• Characterize the relationship between capitalism and technological development.
• Analyze the connection between technological development and labor movements, as well as the ambivalent role of technology in women’s history.
• Know the benchmarks of technological development, especially in the following: communication and information dissemination, transportation, warfare, medicine, and harnessing of power.

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HIST 209 - History of Asian Americans

• Explore the international context of the first wave of Asian immigration.
• Outline the diverse experience of the Chinese and the Japanese in the United States before World War II.
• Identify some important laws and institutions related to the Asians in the United States.
• Relate wars and revolutions in Asia to the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and Vietnamese in the United States.
• Relate the issue of colonialism to the experience of Koreans, Asian Indians, and Filipinos.
• Analyze the impact and response of the Civil Rights movement on Asian communities in Asia.
• Describe new challenges that have confronted Asian Americans since the 1960s.

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HIST 211 - History of Latinos in the United States

• Assess and think critically about historical issues and trends, based on a basic factual knowledge of this historical period.
• Analyze the international context of Latino emigration and deportation.
• Critically examine the historical experiences of these transplanted Latin Americans and the challenges they faced.
• Outline the experiences of Latinos since the mid-nineteenth century.
• Describe important historical events that occurred in the history of Latinos.
• Analyze a number of twentieth century issues in the field of Latino studies.

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HIST 225 - History of Maryland

• Identify the different Native American groups and their interactions with the first settlers, appreciate Maryland’s unique role as a haven for Catholics, and identify the significance of the Toleration Act of 1649.
• Demonstrate understanding of Maryland’s development as part of the Chesapeake region and its role in the Revolutionary War.
• Assess the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of Baltimore as a major port on the Eastern Seaboard.
• Demonstrate understanding of Maryland’s unique role as a “middle ground” in the rise of sectionalism and the Civil War.
• Trace the continuing industrialization and urbanization of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and trace the increasing competition between the Democratic and Republican parties.
• Compare and contrast the impact of the two world wars on the social, cultural, and economic life of the state.
• Identify contemporary regional differences within the state and identify the impact of technology, transportation, immigration, and culture in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and assess the factors that continue to make Maryland a distinctive state.

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HIST 228 - Women in the Western World

• Demonstrate understanding of the role of Western women within the rich tapestry of historical experience.
• Analyze the varying roles of women and their cultural, social, political, and economic contributions to Western history.
• Explore and analyze the origins, development, and current position of women’s political movements in the West.
• Contrast women’s positions according to class, culture, and geography, especially contrasting Europe and the United States.
• Distinguish relevant material, disentangle fact from fiction, analyze and synthesize historical documents.
• Present coherent and informed historical arguments, oral and written.

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HIST 233 - Alternative Lifestyles: 19th Century American Utopias

• Explain why the nineteenth century gave rise to so many far-reaching and diverse attempts to perfect individuals and society.
• Describe the goals and actions of the various utopian movements of the nineteenth century.
• Delineate the connections between utopian movements and issues such as race, religion, class, gender, and ethnicity in American society.
• Identify and critically evaluate the various ways scholars have interpreted the origins, development, and demise of these movements.

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HIST 235 - The History of African Americans to 1865

• Trace the development of human beings in Africa and the rise of civilizations in the Ancient and Medieval periods.
• Demonstrate understanding of the nature of slavery in traditional African society and the significance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
• Compare and contrast the development of slave societies in the Americas, with special focus on British North America.
• Assess the role of African Americans in the emergence of the American nation and the significance of race and citizenship in the new nation.
• Demonstrate understanding of development of a slave society in the South and the development of African American culture.
• Describe the life of African Americans in the North and West and their role in the abolitionist movement.
• Assess the influence of African Americans in the American sectional crisis, from 1850 to 1876, and the significance of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the national questions of race and citizenship.

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HIST 236 - The History of African Americans Since 1865

• Identify the various methods of social control that replaced slavery in the Southern states.
• Compare and contrast the various strategies of racial advancement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s.
• Analyze the causes and effects of twentieth century African American migration.
• Describe the effects of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War on African American life and culture.
• Assess African American activism in the mid twentieth century.
• Demonstrate understanding of political, cultural, social, and economic changes in the late twentieth century.
• Assess and evaluate the different African American cultural identities in the early twenty-first century.

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HIST 240 - Civil Rights in America

• Identify the key leaders, events, and main strategies and tactics in black Americans’ struggle for civil rights.
• Explain American women’s efforts to obtain equal rights, identifying the key leaders, issues, and tactics.
• Describe the issues, tactics, and outcomes in other group’s struggle for civil rights, including Native Americans; immigrant groups from Europe, Mexico, and Asia; and gay Americans.
• Explicate the various rationales for the denial of civil rights and the tactics deployed to deny those rights.

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HIST 242 - Open Topics in History, Including Foreign Travel

• Analyze the geographic, economic, political, and cultural background of the country of study.
• Analyze the destination country’s history in a wider historical context ? i.e. the impact on its culture and history of the countries surrounding it and in turn its impact on their culture and history.
• Analyze the economic and cultural relation of the destination country with the United States, the impact of immigration of its inhabitants to the United States at different times in history and the subsequent development of ‘hybrid’ cultures in the United States, as well as the impact of remittances sent back to the home country. Note that this outcome and other outcomes depend on destination country.

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HIST 245 - Latin American History

• Think historically about the major forces (events, institutions, ideas) that have shaped modern Latin American history and culture.
• Apply that knowledge to the analysis of the present.
• Highlight the similarities and differences in the European experience of Migration and settlement.
• Trace the Native American, Spanish, Portuguese, and African roots of the peoples of Latin America.
• Describe the historical roots of his/her own national experiences and contrast with experiences of others.
• Construct a cogent argument on the basis of historical information.
• Develop awareness of the changing nature of historical interpretation and demonstrate the ability to make independent judgments about conflicting historical interpretations.

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