Course Offerings - Course Learning Outcomes

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Prefix Number Course Offering Course Learning Outcomes
MNGT 102
MNGT 102 - First Year Experience for Business - Accelerated
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MNGT 102 - First Year Experience for Business - Accelerated Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Define professional development and analyze the relationship between professional development and self, others, teams, institutions, and cultures.
  2. Locate, analyze, and utilize institutional policies, tools, campus resources, and student organizations that support academic success.
  3. Demonstrate professionalism and cultural competence in areas of influence such as business and campus etiquette, dressing for success, and interviewing and communication skills. 
  4. Read, synthesize, and discuss contemporary business news articles found in influential business magazines such as Forbes and Business Week.
  5. Identify and effectively manage or remediate emotional triggers and ineffective behaviors by using personal strengths to solve problems and to lead one’s self and others to demonstrate and use emotional intelligence.  
  6. Demonstrate professional development skills through team building, teamwork, conflict management, and goal completion, as part of a collaborative unit.
  7. Use critical thinking, decision making and problem-solving skills to develop a professional development plan, including academic, financial, and career/transfer components, that supports educational commitment and completion. 
MNGT 111
MNGT 111 - Business Mathematics
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MNGT 111 - Business Mathematics Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Describe and apply the various types of financial operations to financial management decision making.
  2. Identify and explain basic statistics, including simple averages, frequency distribution, normal curves and standard deviation.
  3. Describe financial statements and ratio a nalysis.
  4. Compare and contrast the major types of insurance.
  5. Apply the concepts of marku p and markdown to financia l management decision-making.
  6. Compare and contrast simple interest and compound interest calculations.
MNGT 121
MNGT 121 - Introduction to Business
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MNGT 121 - Introduction to Business Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Describe the environment of business and its relationship to economics, ethics and social responsibility and Its global application
  2. Explain the legal forms of business, the importance of e-commerce and the roles of small business, entrepreneurship and franchises in the United States
  3. Explain and recognize the application of the functions of management and a systematic approach to business development and operation
  4. Describe the role and importance of the human element in the business world and the growth, development and demand for knowledge workers In the 21" Century business environment.
  5. Describe the importance of providing quality goods and services and how customers are satisfied through the application of the marketing mix strategies
  6. Describe how information is developed and applied in the decislon making process
  7. Explain the role money, banking and credit and their roles In the management of business and personal finances.
MNGT 141
MNGT 141 - Principles of Management
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MNGT 141 - Principles of Management Course Learning Outcomes


  1. List and define the management functions.
  2. Discuss the role of ethics and social responsibility and the part managers play in creating viable programs in this regard in their organizations.
  3. Analyze and describe international trade/globalization and their importance in the 21st Century commercial environment.
  4. Explain the universality of the planning process and its applicability in all organizations.
  5. Recognize and explain the factors involved in Human Resource (HR) Management, its importance as a primary sub-system of organizations, and the role of HR in creating and maintaining a diverse workplace.
  6. Recognize, analyze, and describe at least four different types of control systems in private, public, and not-for-profit organizations.
MNGT 142
MNGT 142 - Management Information Systems
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MNGT 142 - Management Information Systems Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Explain how businesses use existing and emerging technologies in information systems, including cloud computing, (SaaS), mobile digital platforms, business intelligence, and information security systems to stay competitive.
  2. Extrapolate the ethical, social, environmental, and health-related concerns associated with society’s increased dependence on technology, including concerns related to privacy, intellectual property, physiological changes, pollution, targeted marketing, changes in employment and employability, and globalization.
  3. Relate common information systems types, such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Transaction Processing Systems (TPS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Sales Force Automation (SFM), HRIS, to specific business processes.
  4. Differentiate between a transactional database and a data warehouse and give examples of how Database Management Systems (DBMS) can be used to mine information.
  5. Differentiate business intelligence needs for employees at different levels within an organization (operational, middle management, and senior management levels).
MNGT 262
MNGT 262 - Business Law
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MNGT 262 - Business Law Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Explain why no act or action taken in the world of business may have possible legal repercussions.
  2. Describe how any act or failure to act or interact with others in business can have either Civil or Criminol legal pena lties.
  3. Explain the requirements for a valid contract and the rights and obligations created by a contract.
  4. Explain why most transactions entered create a contract and the rights and obligations of each party to that contract.
  5. Describe how a civil proceeding can be brought for either a negligence tort or for an intentional tort/damage to person or property of another.
  6. Explain the different levels of business crimes and the different penalties for each.
  7. Explain aspects of the law and how to avoid clvll or criminal liobility for businesses and its agents/employees.
  8. Explain how the law impacts society and changes with new Court interpretations and new legislation,
MUS 100
MUS 100 - Music Reading
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MUS 100 - Music Reading Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Read treble and bass clef notation.
  2. Recognize, construct, and calculate time signatures.
  3. Construct and identify Major, Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor Scales.
  4. Construct and identify Key Signatures for all Major and Minor scales.
  5. Construct intervals within an octave, basic triads and their inversions.
  6. Define common musical terms, dynamics, expression marks and tempo marks.
  7. Identify and manipulate rhythmic notation from whole notes down to 16th notes.
MUS 101
MUS 101 - Piano I
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MUS 101 - Piano I Course Learning Outcomes


  1.  Perform basic piano compositions using treble and bass clef notation—playing both hands simultaneously within five finger positions. 
  2. Perform five Major scales—C, G, D, A, E—at least one octave with both hands playing simultaneously. 
  3. Perform root position chords ascending and descending within each of the five major scales mentioned above.
MUS 102
MUS 102 - Piano II
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MUS 102 - Piano II Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Perform compositions of more advanced reading and rhythmic intensity, playing both hands simultaneously, than required in Music 101. 
  2. Perform harmonic minor scales and melodic minor scales, A, E, B, F#, C#, ascending and descending, at a distance of two octaves, hands together. 
  3. Perform root position triads, ascending and descending, on the harmonic minor scales of A, E, B, F#, and C#, hands together. 
MUS 103
MUS 103 - Introduction to Music
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MUS 103 - Introduction to Music Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Students will be able to define, recognize, and possess basic vocabulary to discuss the basic elements of music (pitch, melody, harmony, rhythm, meter, timbre, texture, and form) upon hearing not only familiar music, but pieces of music that are entirely new to them.  
  2. Students will be able to recognize music examples from the African subcontinent, India, and Japan through gained familiarity with the instrumental and vocal timbres, rhythmic and tonal structures, and the basic musical forms unique to each culture. 
  3. Through acquired familiarity with musical elements unique to each major Western historical period—Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and “Modern”—students will be able to listen to an unfamiliar piece of Western concert music and place it into its historical context. 
  4. Students will possess the necessary knowledge and vocabulary to discuss and defend aesthetic judgments about new and unfamiliar music to which they may be exposed 
MUS 105
MUS 105 - Music of the Baroque and Classical Eras
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MUS 105 - Music of the Baroque and Classical Eras Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Name the important composers of the Baroque and Classic eras 
  2. Identify the title and composers of selected works familiar to the student (previously covered in class) 
  3. Define, recognize, and discuss the basic elements of Baroque and Classic era music (including tonal and rhythmic aspects, instrumentation and forms/genres)  
  4. Given an unfamiliar piece of Baroque or Classic-era music, identify the historical context and style through acquired familiarity with musical elements unique to each period covered by this course  
  5. Discuss and defend aesthetic judgments about new and unfamiliar music from the Baroque and Classic eras.   
MUS 106
MUS 106 - Great Romantic Music
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MUS 106 - Great Romantic Music Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Define, recognize, and discuss the basic elements of Romantic and Modern-era music (i.e., music of the 19th - 21st centuries, including tonal and rhythmic aspects, instrumentation and forms/genres) and the important composers of these eras, having acquired the necessary vocabulary and historical knowledge to do so. 
  2. Listen to an unfamiliar work from one of these above eras and place it into its historical context through acquired familiarity with musical elements unique to the Romantic, and “Modern” eras along with relevant world history background 
  3. Discuss and defend aesthetic judgments about new and unfamiliar music from these historic periods to which they may be exposed. 
MUS 108
MUS 108 - Guitar I
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MUS 108 - Guitar I Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Read notes and play accurately an 8-16 measure exercise with proper fingering and rhythm in first position on the guitar 
  2. Demonstrate various right hand techniques including plucking, strumming, arpeggio patterns, rest stroke, and free stroke 
  3. Perform simple chord progressions of tonic, subdominant, in four major keys and four minor keys 
  4. Read tablature and play basic strumming patterns and arpeggios 
MUS 109
MUS 109 - Guitar II
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MUS 109 - Guitar II Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Read notes and play accurately an 16-32 measure exercise with proper fingering and rhythm in first and second position on the guitar 
  2. Demonstrate various more advanced right hand techniques including plucking more complex arpeggios, rest stroke, and free stroke 
  3. Play solo repertoire written for the guitar in three major and two minor keys 
MUS 115
MUS 115 - Introduction to Music Technology
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MUS 115 - Introduction to Music Technology Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Create and sequence original music using a professional digital audio workstation 
  2. Demonstrate basic sound design technique and appropriate use of signal processing. 
  3. Design a personal production studio and identify the various connections, peripherals and file formats associated with professional audio production. 
MUS 116
MUS 116 - Theory I
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MUS 116 - Theory I Course Learning Outcomes


  • Sing and aurally identify all major-scale intervals from the minor 2nd to the major 6th and the octave (except tritones).
  • Sight-sing diatonic major melodies based on tonic and dominant harmonies using solfeggio.
  • Sight-sing rhythms in simple or compound meter.
  • Transcribe a diatonic melody based upon a major scale and a separate rhythmic sequence.
  • Identify, manipulate and analyze triads (and four-voice chords) and their inversions.
  • Analyze diatonic harmony using the Roman Numeral/Arabic Numeral system.
  • Write a four-part harmonic realization (of a bass line or under a melody) utilizing diatonic harmonic vocabulary.
MUS 118
MUS 118 - Theory II
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MUS 118 - Theory II Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Sing and aurally identify all chromatic intervals.
  2. Sight-sing tonal melodies in major and minor keys incorporating any and all chromatic intervals using solfeggio.
  3. Sight-sing rhythms with 16th-note and triplet subdivisions.
  4. Transcribe a single tonal melodic line incorporating any or all the above-mentioned elements.
  5. Identify, manipulate, and analyze triads and seventh chords and their inversions.
  6. Analyze extended harmonic vocabulary (see #5 above) using the Roman Numeral/Arabic Numeral system.
  7. Write a four-part harmonic realization (of a bass line or under a melody) utilizing extended harmonic vocabulary (see #5 above).
MUS 120
MUS 120 - Music of African-Americans
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MUS 120 - Music of African-Americans Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Define, recognize, and discuss the basic components of African-American music, including its instrumentation, performance practice, vocal styles, forms/genres, and important African-American musicians from the 1800’s until the present day, having acquired the necessary vocabulary and historical knowledge to do so. 
  2. Listen to an unfamiliar piece of African-American music, place it in its correct chronology, and make educated guesses regarding its genre, all through acquired familiarity with musical elements unique to African-American music along with relevant African-American historical background. 
  3. Discuss and defend aesthetic judgments about new and unfamiliar African-American music to which they may be exposed. 
  4. Explain how African-American music has been influenced by music from other parts of the world such as West Africa, China, Tibet and Brazil. 
  5. Discuss the instruments, singing style, and performance practice of traditional West African music. 
MUS 121
MUS 121 - Modern American Music
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MUS 121 - Modern American Music Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Define, recognize, and discuss the basic elements of Modern American music in all of its diverse genres along with the most important composers and artists, having acquired the necessary vocabulary and historical knowledge to do so 
  2. Listen to an unfamiliar American work and place it into its historical context through acquired familiarity with musical elements unique to American music along with relevant American history background 
  3. Discuss and defend aesthetic judgments about new and unfamiliar American music to which they may be exposed. 
MUS 141
MUS 141 - Applied Music I
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MUS 141 - Applied Music I Course Learning Outcomes


  1. perform assigned technical studies with correct pitch and rhythm at a tempo appropriate to the student’s ability
  2. perform assigned compositions without technical or musical errors
  3. perform said assigned compositions with stylistic appropriateness and with intelligent recognition of the expressive possibilities in each assigned piece
  4. exhibit appropriate stage presence, confidence and poise in performance
MUS 142
MUS 142 - Applied Music II
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MUS 142 - Applied Music II Course Learning Outcomes


  1. perform assigned technical studies with correct pitch and rhythm at a tempo appropriate to the student’s ability
  2. perform assigned compositions without technical or musical errors
  3. perform said assigned compositions with stylistic appropriateness and with intelligent recognition of the expressive possibilities in each assigned piece
  4. exhibit appropriate stage presence, confidence and poise in performance
MUS 143
MUS 143 - Applied Music III
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MUS 143 - Applied Music III Course Learning Outcomes


  1. perform assigned technical studies with correct pitch and rhythm at a tempo appropriate to the student’s ability
  2. perform assigned compositions without technical or musical errors
  3. perform said assigned compositions with stylistic appropriateness and with intelligent recognition of the expressive possibilities in each assigned piece
  4. exhibit appropriate stage presence, confidence and poise in performance
MUS 144
MUS 144 - Applied Music IV
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MUS 144 - Applied Music IV Course Learning Outcomes


  1. perform assigned technical studies with correct pitch and rhythm at a tempo appropriate to the student’s ability
  2. perform assigned compositions without technical or musical errors
  3. perform said assigned compositions with stylistic appropriateness and with intelligent recognition of the expressive possibilities in each assigned piece
  4. exhibit appropriate stage presence, confidence and poise in performance
MUS 170
MUS 170 - Audio and Music for Interactive Media

MUS 170 - Audio and Music for Interactive Media Course Learning Outcomes


MUS 180
MUS 180 - Music Business
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MUS 180 - Music Business Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Demonstrate specific knowledge of music publishing and record contracts
  2. Create a professional resume, as the beginnings of a career portfolio
  3. Demonstrate preparation for various careers in the music business field, including management, agency work, label management, and as a musician, recording artist, producer or engineer
MUS 196
MUS 196 - Ensemble I
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MUS 196 - Ensemble I Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Perform individually assigned parts of an ensemble piece maintaining proper pitches, rhythm, dynamics, phrases, articulations (lengths and attacks of notes within a composition), tempos and tempo changes  
  2. Perform individually assigned parts of an ensemble piece in conjunction with others; i.e., in an ensemble situation 
  3. Perform rehearsed pieces of ensemble music in an ensemble with or without the guidance of a conductor in public or studio performance 
MUS 197
MUS 197 - Ensemble II
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MUS 197 - Ensemble II Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Perform individually assigned parts of an ensemble piece maintaining proper pitches, rhythm, dynamics, phrases, articulations (lengths and attacks of notes within a composition), tempos and tempo changes  
  2. Perform individually assigned parts of an ensemble piece in conjunction with others; i.e., in an ensemble situation 
  3. Perform rehearsed pieces of ensemble music in an ensemble with or without the guidance of a conductor in public or studio performance 
MUS 215
MUS 215 - Advanced Music Technology and Multimedia
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MUS 215 - Advanced Music Technology and Multimedia Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Compose and produce original music for synchronization with film/video. 
  2. Create complex sound design for various multimedia projects.
  3. Create advanced sample instruments and work within a Modular Synthesis environment.
MUS 216
MUS 216 - Theory III
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MUS 216 - Theory III Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Sing and identify any diatonic or chromatic interval ascending or descending
  2. Sight-sing melodies based on or mixing major, minor or chromatic scales written in treble clef, bass clef, or one of the moveable C clefs
  3. Perform complex rhythms including irregular tuplets and changing meters
  4. Transcribe melodies and/or rhythms containing any or all the above-mentioned elements
  5. Identify, manipulate, and analyze secondary dominant/leading tone 7th chords, modulate from one key to another, identify, manipulate, and analyze secondary subdominant functions, including the Neapolitan 6th and Augmented 6th chords.
  6. Analyze short tonal compositions utilizing extended harmonic vocabulary (see #5 above) using the Roman Numeral/Arabic Numeral system.
  7. Write a four-part harmonic realization (of a bass line or under a melody) utilizing extended harmonic vocabulary (see #5 above).
MUS 220
MUS 220 – ProTools and Ableton Live – Audio Editing and Production
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MUS 220 – ProTools and Ableton Live – Audio Editing and Production Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Edit and produce audio tracks in ProTools
  2. Produce and compose in Ableton Live
  3. Demonstrate proper use of automation as well as auxiliary sends and returns in a production’s mix
MUS 241
MUS 241- Applied Music V
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MUS 241- Applied Music V Course Learning Outcomes


  1. perform assigned technical studies with correct pitch and rhythm at a tempo appropriate to the student’s ability
  2. perform assigned compositions without technical or musical errors
  3. perform said assigned compositions with stylistic appropriateness and with intelligent recognition of the expressive possibilities in each assigned piece
  4. exhibit appropriate stage presence, confidence and poise in performance
MUS 242
MUS 242 - Applied Music VI
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MUS 242 - Applied Music VI Course Learning Outcomes


  1. perform assigned technical studies with correct pitch and rhythm at a tempo appropriate to the student’s ability
  2. perform assigned compositions without technical or musical errors
  3. perform said assigned compositions with stylistic appropriateness and with intelligent recognition of the expressive possibilities in each assigned piece
  4. exhibit appropriate stage presence, confidence and poise in performance
MUS 243
MUS 243 - Applied Music VII
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MUS 243 - Applied Music VII Course Learning Outcomes


  1. perform assigned technical studies with correct pitch and rhythm at a tempo appropriate to the student’s ability
  2. perform assigned compositions without technical or musical errors
  3. perform said assigned compositions with stylistic appropriateness and with intelligent recognition of the expressive possibilities in each assigned piece
  4. exhibit appropriate stage presence, confidence and poise in performance
MUS 244
MUS 244 - Applied Music VIII
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MUS 244 - Applied Music VIII Course Learning Outcomes


  1. perform assigned technical studies with correct pitch and rhythm at a tempo appropriate to the student’s ability
  2. perform assigned compositions without technical or musical errors
  3. perform said assigned compositions with stylistic appropriateness and with intelligent recognition of the expressive possibilities in each assigned piece
  4. exhibit appropriate stage presence, confidence and poise in performance
MUS 260
MUS 260 - Sound Reinforcement and Recording Session
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MUS 260 - Sound Reinforcement and Recording Session Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Engineer and produce music performed by live musicians/artists in a modern recording studio
  2. Communicate production and engineering concepts and instructions using professional industry language
  3. Mix and master a record for production delivery
MUS 270
MUS 270 - Game Audio Implementation

MUS 270 - Game Audio Implementation Course Learning Outcomes


MUS 280
MUS 280 - Music Entrepreneurship, Licensing and Marketing
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MUS 280 - Music Entrepreneurship, Licensing and Marketing Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Read and understand record contracts and music licensing agreements and use word processing software to produce professional documents.
  2. Use electronic spreadsheets to analyze royalty and sales data and utilize a database management system to retrieve information.
  3. Use and understand computer technology to collaborate and network in a professional way.
  4. Handle data, including privacy and security, in a professional and organized manner.
  5. Use technology to present music promotion and marketing materials, including mixed media and new media technologies.
MUS 290
MUS 290 - Music Internship
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MUS 290 - Music Internship Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Apply their course work to actual situations in the field
  2. Produce meaningful industry notes in a professional work environment
  3. Develop job hunting tools and interview skills, as well as an understanding of the vast number of career opportunities available in professional audio and the music industry
MUS 296
MUS 296 - Ensemble III
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MUS 296 - Ensemble III Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Perform individually assigned parts of an ensemble piece maintaining proper pitches, rhythm, dynamics, phrases, articulations (lengths and attacks of notes within a composition), tempos and tempo changes  
  2. Perform individually assigned parts of an ensemble piece in conjunction with others; i.e., in an ensemble situation 
  3. Perform rehearsed pieces of ensemble music in an ensemble with or without the guidance of a conductor in public or studio performance 
MUS 297
MUS 297 - Ensemble IV
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MUS 297 - Ensemble IV Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Perform individually assigned parts of an ensemble piece maintaining proper pitches, rhythm, dynamics, phrases,articulations (lengths and attacks of notes within a composition), tempos and tempo changes
  2. Perform individually assigned parts of an ensemble piece in conjunction with others; i.e., in an ensemble situation
  3. Perform a rehearsed pieces of ensemble music in an ensemble with or without the guidance of a conductor in public or studio performance
NURS 101
NURS 101 - Nursing I
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NURS 101 - Nursing I Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Assess physiological, psychosocial, developmental and environmental factors that influence the delivery of safe and effective nursing care.
  2. Demonstrate the use of standardized communication techniques with members of the health care team to provide safe and effective care to client(s).
  3. Demonstrate accountability by functioning within the legal/ethical parameters of nursing practice.
  4. Demonstrate basic nursing skills by accessing research evidence, clinical experts, and information technology to identify standards of care.
  5. Utilize therapeutic communication skills to assess coping mechanisms, cultural influences and preferences of clients/families.
  6. Identify factors that influence client/family’s ability to function optimally across the lifespan and at transitions in care.
NURS 132
NURS 132 - Nursing II

NURS 132 - Nursing II Course Learning Outcomes


NURS 231
NURS 231 - Nursing III
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NURS 231 - Nursing III Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Evaluate the relationships among physiological, psychosocial, developmental and environmental risk factors, and systems influences to plan and implement safe and effective nursing care.
  2. Plan, implement and evaluate safe and effective client centered care for clients/families across the life span in both transitional and permanent settings using communication, resource management, and clinical decision making principles.
  3. Demonstrate accountability by functioning within the legal/ethical parameters of nursing practice.
  4. Plan, implement and evaluate therapeutic nursing interventions to reduce risk for clients and families across the lifespan in a variety of settings using research evidence and collaborative strategies.
  5. Using a client/family centered approach, plan, implement and evaluate care of clients and families with complex psychosocial and physiological health alterations in a variety of settings.
  6. Plan, implement, and evaluate the utilization of appropriate resources and patient teaching to engage patients/families in active partnerships to maximize self-care and optimal functioning across the lifespan and at transitions in care. 
NURS 232
NURS 232 - Nursing IV
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NURS 232 - Nursing IV Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Plan, implement, and evaluate the utilization of appropriate resources and patient teaching to engage patients/families in active partnerships to maximize self-care and optimal functioning across the lifespan and at transitions in care. 
  2. Work effectively with inter-professional teams to develop a comprehensive plan of care by fostering communication, mutual respect and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care in both transitional and permanent settings.
  3. Demonstrate accountability by functioning within the legal/ethical parameters of nursing practice.
  4. Use data to minimize risk of harm to patients across the life span and monitor outcomes of care processes to make changes in order to continuously enhance the quality and safety of clients/families.
  5. Provide high quality, comprehensive care for clients/families based on an understanding of complex psychosocial and physiological health alterations, respect for client and family preference, values and needs.
  6. Evaluate and modify as needed client/family’s’ response to therapy in order to maximize self-care and optimal functioning across the lifespan.
NUTR 106
NUTR 106 - Nutrition for Healthy Lifestyle
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NUTR 106 - Nutrition for Healthy Lifestyle Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Name the major functions of energy and non-energy yielding nutrients, as well as important food sources of nutrients and the interrelationships among nutrients.
  2. Utilize tools such as food labels and MyPlate, and recommendations such as the Dietary Guidelines to identify healthy eating patterns.
  3. Modify meals, recipe ingredients, and methods of meal preparation based on sound nutrition principles to promote a healthy lifestyle.
  4. Explain the role of nutrition and healthy eating in disease prevention and wellness based on scientific principles.
  5. Analyze eating and activity patterns incorporating environmental factors that impact health.
NUTR 111
NUTR 111 - Introduction to Nutrition
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NUTR 111 - Introduction to Nutrition Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Identify the role of nutrition in health promotion and disease prevention.
  2. Describe the functions of nutrients in the body, their interrelationships, and the consequences of excess-or under-consumption of these substances.
  3. Apply evidence-based nutrition recommendations to individuals at each stage of the lifecycle.
  4. Evaluate their own nutritional intake in relationship to current recommendations and in consideration of social, cultural and environmental factors that influence food selection.
  5. Use sound nutrition principles and critical thinking skills to suggest changes to food choices and physical activity patterns to improve health.
PEH 120
PEH 105 - Principles of Fitness and Wellness
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PEH 105 - Principles of Fitness and Wellness Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Explain how the components of physical fitness affect health and wellness and explain the principles that govern exercise prescription to maintain health and well-being.
  2. Explain the influence of personal behaviors and responsibilities on the development, treatment and prevention of hypokinetic diseases, infectious diseases, stress, and addiction.
  3. Analyze the relationships between physical activity, nutrition, body composition, and weight management.
  4. Perform a diet analysis and assessments of cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, flexibility, and body composition, and analyze and interpret the results.
PEH 120
PEH 120 - Introduction to Weight Training
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PEH 120 - Introduction to Weight Training Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Describe who should participate in weight training programs and explain the risks and benefits of participation.
  2. Identify major bones of the skeleton and skeletal muscles and attribute the development of specific muscles to specific weight training exercises.
  3. Describe the different types of equipment used in the development of muscular fitness and general safety precautions that should be taken during their use.
  4. Define the training principles of specificity, overload and progression and describe how they are applied to muscular fitness.
  5. Describe how to manipulate training variables and exercise selection to design a resistance training program that targets a specific training goal (i.e. muscular strength, muscular endurance).
  6. Describe and demonstrate how to perform weight training exercises targeting muscles of the chest, back, shoulder, arms, legs, and core, including safety precautions, breathing pattern and lift variations (if applicable).
  7. Describe nutritional guidelines for the general population and discuss the role of weight training in eliciting changes in body composition.
  8. Describe programming considerations for special populations, including children, older adults, and people with disabilities.
PEH 120
PEH 220 - Functional Training
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PEH 220 - Functional Training Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Describe the different types of functional training equipment and general safety precautions that should be taken during their use.
  2. Apply the four pillars of human movement and patterns of force development to everyday and sport activities.
  3. Perform and explain functional training exercises using one’s own body weight, dumbbells, kettlebells, resistance bands, and medicine and stability balls.
  4. Create programming designed for general conditioning and/or sport activities.
PEH 230
PEH 230 - Structural Kinesiology
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PEH 230 - Structural Kinesiology Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Use the proper anatomical terminology when describing the musculoskeletal system and describe anatomical movements and planes of the body, providing application to human movement.
  2. Describe the neuromuscular and biomechanical factors that affect human movement.
  3. Identify bones and prominent bony features of the skeleton.
  4. Identify skeletal muscles, describe their origin, insertion, innervation, and action, and apply this to human movement.
  5. Analyze joint structure and function.
  6. Evaluate joint actions and muscular involvement in the performance of single joint and multi-joint movement sequences using the anatomical and biomechanical principles discussed.
  7. Apply an understanding of structural kinesiology to activity/exercise programming.
PEH 120
PEH 240 - Exercise Physiology
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PEH 240 - Exercise Physiology Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Explain the concepts involved in measuring energy, work, and power and describe/demonstrate how the energy cost of exercise can be estimated and measured (including metabolic calculations).
  2. Explain bioenergetics, including the different energy systems, their interactions, regulation, fuel sources, limitations, and application to exercise and fatigue.
  3. Describe homeostasis, the physiological and metabolic processes that facilitate exercise, recovery, and the adaptations that occur with acute and chronic exercise.
  4. Explain the structure, function, mechanics, control, limitations, and fatigue of the cardiorespiratory system at rest and during exercise.
  5. Explain the structure, function, mechanics, control, limitations, and fatigue of the neuromuscular system at rest and during exercise.
  6. Describe the methods for body composition assessment, perform and analyze results from those assessments, and describe the impact of body composition on health and athletic performance.
  7. Describe sex differences in the physiological response to exercise and as one progresses through the lifespan.
  8. Explain homeostatic, exercise, and adaptive responses to various environmental perturbations such as barometric pressure and temperature.
  9. Measure and/or estimate, analyze, and interpret results of resting metabolic rate and energy expenditure assessments, muscular fitness, and cardiorespiratory fitness assessments, and evaluate the physiological response to exercise.
PEH 120
PEH 250 - Exercise Testing
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PEH 250 - Exercise Testing Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Explain the relationship between health, physical activity, and chronic disease.
  2. During an initial client interview, use various types of pre-participation health screenings tools for the purpose of client risk stratification for apparently healthy individuals and those with medical clearance to exercise.
  3. Analyze and interpret the results of the client interview, pre-participation screening tools, and client fitness assessment data to design a safe and effective exercise program for apparently healthy individuals and those with medical clearance to exercise.
  4. Develop an exercise program incorporating health, fitness, and skill-related exercises in order to achieve client goals.
  5. Evaluate prescribed exercise programs using assessment data, observations, and client feedback to modify and improve programs.
PEH 260
PEH 260 - Business of Personal Training
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PEH 260 - Business of Personal Training Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Describe the benefits and challenges of working for a fitness facility, as an independent contractor or as a personal trainer and owner of a fitness facility.
  2. Develop components of a business plan, including, but not limited to, an executive summary, business description, market analysis and demographics, competitive analysis, management plan, and marketing plan.
  3. Develop a business model, create forms and contracts, screen and hire staff, obtain the correct types of insurance, reduce liability risk, market their services, communicate effectively with clients, staff, and the community, and explain how to grow a business.
PH 101
PH 101 - Introduction to Public Health
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PH 101 - Introduction to Public Health Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Distinguish among the major disciplines of public health.
  2. Identify the essential public health services.
  3. Analyze key concepts, trends, and current events in public health.
  4. Assess the impact of major historical events and developments in public health.
  5. Analyze systemic factors (e.g., racism, settler-colonialism, sexism, classism) that impact health and healthcare access.
PH 102
PH 102 - Community Health Education and Promotion
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PH 102 - Community Health Education and Promotion Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Describe community-based health program planning and implementation including education and communication efforts
  2. Analyze how programs are designed and implemented through partnership and existing social groupings like neighborhoods, churches, worksites, schools, etc.
  3. Apply health behavior theories to the understanding and design of community-based programs.
  4. Practice cultural humility while assessing community needs and designing programs and educational materials.
PH 222
PH 222 - Health Care Policy and Administration
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PH 222 - Health Care Policy and Administration Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Identify and describe the government institutions and processes that produce health care policy.
  2. Recognize and assess important trends in health care policy and politics.
  3. Identify key issues in health care financing, insurance, delivery, organization, policy, administration, access and quality in the United States and how they inform and are informed by administrative decision-making, policy development, and advocacy.
  4. Describe and analyze the policy development process.
  5. Analyze structural and systemic factors (e.g., racism) that impact healthcare access, delivery and effectiveness and advocate for improvements.
PH 226
PH 226 - Foundations in Public Health Research
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PH 226 - Foundations in Public Health Research Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Differentiate among quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research.
  2. Explain how research is utilized in each discipline of public health.
  3. Apply the basic terms in epidemiology and research methods in exams and assignments.
  4. Use various disease tracking and surveillance databases to acquire sources for assignments. 
  5. Analyze historical examples of disease outbreaks.
PHIL 101
PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy
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PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy Course Learning Outcomes


  1. xplain some fundamental problems addressed by the major areas of philosophy, e.g., metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion and political philosophy; 
  2. Distinguish between how key philosophical concepts are used in technical discussion and in everyday life; 
  3. Identify the key concepts and/or argument of a philosophical text; 
  4. Critique a philosophical argument orally and/or in writing.  
PHIL 101H
PHIL 101H - Introduction to Philosophy (Honors)
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PHIL 101H - Introduction to Philosophy (Honors) Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Study fundamental problems addressed by the major areas of philosophy, e.g., metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion and political philosophy; 
  2. Distinguish key philosophical concepts in primary texts, technical discussion and everyday life; 
  3. Identify, summarize and critique the arguments of philosophical texts orally and/or in writing; 
  4. Apply concepts in philosophy to other disciplines, events, or topics.  
PHIL 111
PHIL 111 - Critical Thinking
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PHIL 111 - Critical Thinking Course Learning Outcomes


  1. Explain some fundamental problems addressed by the major areas of philosophy, e.g., metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion and political philosophy;
  2. Distinguish between how key philosophical concepts are used in technical discussion and in everyday life;
  3. Identify the key concepts and/or argument of a philosophical text; and
  4. Critique a philosophical argument orally and/or in writing.