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BIOLOGY

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

BIO-151 Nutrition (3 cr.) P AS

Prerequisite:MAT-053 is recommended but not required
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This course explores dietary sources, functions,?and requirements of major nutrients for all?individuals. Course topics include tools for?healthy eating, digestion and absorption, the?macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, water?balance, energy balance, food safety and?technology, and nutrition during the life stages.

BUSINESS

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

BUS-106 Employment Strategy (2 cr.) VT

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This course allows students to focus on their individual career targets, while developing successful lifetime job search skills and career management tools. Students will also learn job search techniques, such as completing employment applications, preparing letters of application and resumes, and participating in a mock interview.

BUS-161 Human Relations (3 cr.) AS

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This course provides a foundation of accepted?personal and business behavior in office?relationships. Personality characteristics with?relation to fellow employees and business?Associates are an integral part of the course.?Topics include motivation of individuals and?groups, contribution to a desirable working?atmosphere, adjustment to the job, stress?management techniques and other areas of human?relations.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

✓ CSC-110 Intro to Computers (3 cr.) AS

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This course introduces students to Windows-based?Personal Computer (PC) concepts and commonly used?Microsoft applications that are supported in?business and industry.? Students will use a?Windows Operating System while learning basic?operation of Microsoft Office applications?including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.

CSC-116 Information Computing (3 cr.) AS

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This course presents the basic concepts of Information Systems (IS) and computer literacy. The course incorporates theory as well as hands-on practice, which focuses on spreadsheets and database management systems (DBMS).? This course satisfies a general education requirement for Computer Skills.

EDUCATION

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

EDU-235 Children's Literature (3 cr.) AS

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This course is designed primarily for the student?planning to enter elementary and/or middle school?level teaching. The student will develop an?understanding of why and what children read, and?acquire criteria for the selection of reading?material for children's and youth's recreational?and curriculum enrichment. Students will?investigate how to identify, evaluate, and utilize?quality children's literature for teaching in the?classroom.

GLOBAL STUDIES

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

✓ GLS-100 Contemporary World Issues (3 cr.) AS

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This course is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of issues affecting life in the modern world. It identifies topical areas to study as background to major contemporary issues. Typical areas of discussion will be ecology, world economy, resource utilization, and comparative cultures among others. Instruction will be primarily discussion oriented and will utilize guest lectures, outside reading and projects, and limited lecture. This course satisfies a general education requirement in the Cultural/Historical Perspectives Area.

HEALTH

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

HSC-113 Medical Terminology (2 cr.) VT

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This course will teach students about the body?systems approach to learning medical language.?Word parts are used to build, analyze, define, and?spell medical terms. Structural, directional,?disease and disorder, surgical, and diagnostic?terms, pronunciations, and abbreviations are?included.

HISTORY

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

✓ HIS-152 U.S. History Since 1877 (3 cr.) AS

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This course is the study of political, cultural,?social, and economic developments from 1877 to the?present. Historical perspective and critical?analysis are emphasized.

LITERATURE

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

✓ LIT-101 Intro to Literature (3 cr.) P AS

Prerequisite:ENG-105 or ENG-107
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This course is an introduction to the major literary genres: the short story, poetry, drama, and the novel. Emphasis is placed on formal, thematic, historical, cultural, and critical elements of literature, as well as the relationship between literature and the human condition. This course satisfies a general education requirement in the Arts and Humanities Area.

MATHEMATICS

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

✓ MAT-110 Math for Liberal Arts (3 cr.) P AS

Prerequisite:Sucessfully completed junior level high school mathematics course or advisor placement utilizing EICCD multiple measures or HiSET placement.
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This course is designed for the liberal arts?student. The course will include logic, counting?methods and probability, statistics, financial?mathematics, different base systems, sets, and?problem solving.

PHILOSOPHY

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

✓ PHI-105 Intro to Ethics (3 cr.) AS

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This course is designed to give an introduction to ethics from a philosophical perspective. As with any philosophical activity, it will be an inquiry into the fundamental principles and basic concepts that are found at work in the ongoing determination of right and wrong in human life. This course satisfies a genearl education requirement in the Arts and Humanities Area.

PSYCHOLOGY

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

✓ PSY-111 Intro to Psychology (3 cr.) AS

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This course is an examination of the fundamentals?of behavior. It is designed to familiarize?students with human behavior, how it is studied,?and the applications of the results of that study.?Theoretical issues, comprehension of research?findings, and research techniques will also be?examined.

PSY-121 Developmental Psychology (3 cr.) AS

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This course examines the psychological, social,?and emotional development of individuals across?the lifespan, from infancy through late adulthodd.?Students will explore key theories of development,?including cognitive, psychosocial, and biological?perspectives, and analyze the factors that?influence development, such as genetics, culture,?and environment. ??Key topics include physical growth, language?acquisition, attachment, moral development, and?identify formation. The course will also address?developmental challenges and transitions, such as?those related to parenting, education, and aging.

SOCIOLOGY

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

SOC-110 Intro Sociology (3 cr.) AS

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This course introduces students to key?sociological framework and theories, including?social structure, structural functionalism,?symbolic interactionism, feminist theory, and?conflict theory. Topics of study include family?dynamics, education systems, economic?stratification, social inequality, gender roles,?socialization, governance, political structures,?deviance, and religion. This course satisfies a?general education requirement in the Social?Sciences Area.

SPEECH

Online - Clinton, Muscatine & Scott Community Colleges

✓ SPC-112 Public Speaking (3 cr.) AS

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This course is an introduction to public speaking?with emphasis on organization, presentation, and?listening. You will gain exprience in the process?and principles of public speaking including?audience analysis, selection and organization, and?style and delivery. Practice in preparation and?delivery of a minimum of 30 minutes of graded?informative and persuasive extemporaneous speeches?are required. This course satisfies a general?education requirement in the Communications Area.