ESL 040 Low Intermediate ESL Speaking-4 (1 to 5 credits)

2.Give a reason or excuse for personal behavior or actions. (A, B, D, E, F, G)

3.State a personal opinion and make simple statements of agreement or disagreement with other’s opinions. (A, B, C, E, F, G)

4.Explain the steps in a process. (A, B, E, F, G)

5.Provide accurate personal background and employment history in social or employment settings. (A, B, F, G)

6.Ask for and give directions using a map. (A, B, D, E, F, G)

7.Use and be aware of appropriate non-verbal language such as eye contact, body movement, and vocalizations while conversing. (E, F, G) 8.Demonstrate the conversation skills of showing comprehension, asking questions, interrupting and encouraging others to participate. (A, B, C, E, F, G) 9.Pronounce words and phrases in a manner usually understandable to the general public using appropriate stress, rhythm and intonation. (C, D, E, F)

Lecture Contact Hours 10-50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-50

ESL 042 Low Intermediate ESL Reading - 4 (1 to 15 credits)

2. Goals/Student Success Strategies G 4.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members report progress on these goals and revise and update them quarterly

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES OUTCOME:

1.Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2.Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At this level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS OUTCOME: Effectively handle life issues: • Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources. • Effectively use writing at level in the community, work, school and family.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 044 Low Intermediate ESL Integrated - 4 (1 to 15 credits)

2. Writing W 4.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing. W 4.2 Follow a highly structured plan to organize ideas around a single familiar topic and produce a short but legible and comprehensible draft. W 4.3 Appropriately use everyday, familiar vocabulary (such as words with personal significance and commonly-used adjectives, pronouns and prepositions) and simple sentence structures to produce a several sentences on a topic. W 3.4 Make simple edits of grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation.

3. Speaking S 4.1 Recall and use a somewhat limited vocabulary including words related to common, everyday topics, personal experience know and use basic grammar and sentence structure (heard in the immediate environment) know and use basic awareness of appropriate register (level of formality) in familiar, predictable communication tasks. S 4.2 Use simple strategies (such as reacting to questions or combining and recombining short known words or phrases) to select and relay information. S 4.3 Apply simple strategies (such as making and responding requests for feedback repetition, and rephrasing) to monitor and enhance the effectiveness of the communication and to meet the speaking purpose.

4. Listening L 4.1 Understand and respond to explanations, conversations, instructions, and narratives made up of sentence length utterances and some connected discourse on familiar topics related to personal background and needs, social conventions, and everyday tasks. L4.2 Use several strategies, including formulas for asking for repetition and clarification, and strategies for indicating understanding, for giving feedback, for gathering missing information and/or for repairing problems in comprehension, such as by rephrasing, substituting a different word, or drawing a picture. L 4.3 Apply linguistic, socio-cultural, and other background knowledge and strategies (such as expressing an opinion or collecting relevant information) to understand the intent of the speaker and what is required to respond appropriately and to meet the listening purpose. 5. Goals G 4.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members report progress on these goals and revise and update them quarterly

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES OUTCOME:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At this level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS OUTCOME: Effectively handle life issues: Make quality judgments, Assertiveness-speaking up, Overcoming fear, (heavy)Accent when speaking English, rights and exploitation, Understanding cross-cultural differences (norms, values, and roles) Outcomes: Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, Actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources Concepts & Skills: Sound-symbol relationships, Non verbal & Verbal Communication, Cooperation, Collaboration, Register/appropriateness, Analysis of a situation, Role models, Accuracy, Use it or lose it (ongoing practice and lifelong language learning), Flexibility

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 045 Low Intermediate ESL Computer Technology and Job Readiness-4 (1 to 5 credits)

2. Resource Gathering: Explore topics and materials on the internet with assistance. Follow somewhat complex written and/or oral instructions for using technology. Begin to identify and access electronic materials, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and the internet. Collaborate with other students in acquiring and using technology with minimal assistance from the instructor.

3. Applied Proficiency: Use a word processing program to compose and revise written materials such as paragraphs, informal letters, and/or resumes. Use software tools to check spelling, change fonts, change format, and access help screens. Begin to use email for personal communication. Access various software programs from a hard drive, CD, removable and/or disk drive. Save and retrieve personal data to a removable disk.

4. G 4.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members report progress on these goals and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency.

BASIC SKILLS: Effectively handle life issues: Effectively use technology at level in the community, work, school and family.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-50

ESL 046 Low Intermediate ESL Intensive Oral Communication and Grammar - 4 (1 to 15 credits)

2. G 4.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members report progress on these goals and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS: • Effectively handle life issues: Effectively use oral communication and grammar at level in the community, work, school and family. Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 050 High Intermediate ESL Speaking-5 (1 to 5 credits)

2.Make an oral complaint and gives reasons for dissatisfaction to appropriate person or agency. (A, D, E, F, G)

3.Demonstrate appropriate stress, rhythm and intonation patterns in pronunciation of words, phrases, statements and questions. (B, C, D, E, F) 4.Demonstrate the use of small talk when initiating social or work-related content. (A, C, D, E, F, G)

5.Report an accident, injury, or incident to the appropriate agency and provide details. (A, C, D, E, F, G)

6.Explain information from simple graphs, diagrams, or maps. (D, E, F, G)

7.Be able to advocate and negotiate for self and others. (A, C, D, E, F, G)

Lecture Contact Hours 10-50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-50

ESL 052 High Intermediate ESL Writing - 5 (1 to 15 credits)

2. Goals G 5.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members report progress on these goals and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES OUTCOMES:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At this level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS OUTCOMES: Effectively handle life issues: Effectively use writing at level in the community, work, school and family. Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, Actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources • Effectively use writing at level in the community, work, school and family.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 054 High Intermediate ESL Integrated - 5 (1 to 15 credits)

2. Writing W 5.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing. W 5.2 Use simple planning strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose (to convey personal experience, meet a specific need, or respond to recent learning), and produce a legible and comprehensible draft. W 5.3 Appropriately use familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a few short, well-linked paragraphs to convey ideas with several supporting details/examples reflecting some attention to audience. W 5.4 Use simple revision strategies to monitor effectiveness by re-reading and revising during the writing process and making revisions to a first and final draft based on review and feedback from others. Demonstrate beginning attention to clarity, descriptiveness, personal voice, and appropriateness of text for the intended audience. W 5.5 Make many edits of grammar (verb tense forms), spelling, sentence structure simple/compound/complex with appropriate capitalization and punctuation), language usage and text structure often with the help of tools such as simplified dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers.

3. Speaking S 5.1 Recall and use sufficient oral vocabulary (range of common, vocabulary related to personal experience and everyday activities, some idioms) as well as control of basic grammar and a variety of sentence types and registers in a range of familiar to somewhat unfamiliar or unpredictable communication tasks. S 5.2 Select from a range of strategies (such as elaborating with some detail and examples determining most important/right amount of information and content to convey) to select, organize, and relay information. S 5.3 Apply a range of strategies (including attention to appropriate register, repetition of information, adjustments in pace, tone, volume, eye contact, body language based on listener’s response and needs) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.

4. Listening L 5.1 Understand and respond appropriately to extended explanations and narratives, detailed instructions, and complex conversations requiring adapting one’s response to varied speakers and contexts when language is not adjusted for English language learners. L 5.2 Effectively use a wide range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding and give feedback, tailoring the response to the purpose of the communication, the audience, the level of formality of the situation and other socio-cultural factors. L 5.3 Apply linguistic, socio-cultural, and other background knowledge and strategies (such as comparing, integrating, and categorizing information for others) to understand fully the literal and implied intent of the speaker, to respond appropriately, and to meet the listening purpose.

5. Goals G 5.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members report progress on these goals and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES OUTCOMES:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At this level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS OUTCOMES: Effectively handle life issues: Make quality judgments, Assertiveness-speaking up, Overcoming fear, (heavy)Accent when speaking English, rights and exploitation, Understanding cross-cultural differences (norms, values, and roles)

Outcomes: Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, Actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources Concepts & Skills: Sound-symbol relationships, Non verbal & Verbal Communication, Cooperation, Collaboration, Register/appropriateness, Analysis of a situation, Role models, Accuracy, Use it or lose it (ongoing practice and lifelong language learning), Flexibility

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 055 High Intermediate ESL Computer Technology and Job Readiness-5 (1 to 15 credits)

3.Applied Proficiency: Use word processing to compose and revise a document, such as business letter or report, with minimal errors. Use multiple common software, such as spreadsheets, graphics, and multimedia programs. Use basic functions of the internet, such as the location bar, back and forward buttons, and bookmarks. Use functions of email (compose, send, forward, delete, save) to increase written fluency. Use a word processing program to compose and revise written materials such as paragraphs, informal letters, and/or resumes. Use software tools to check spelling, change fonts, change format, and access help screens. Begin to use email for personal communication. Access various software programs. Save and retrieve personal data to a removable disk. Access distant learning.

4.G 5.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members; report progress on these goals; and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES: 1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency. 2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS: Effectively handle life issues: Effectively use technology at level in the community, work, school and family.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 056 High Intermediate ESL Intensive Oral Communication and Grammar - 5 (1 to 15 credits)

2. G 5.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members; report progress on these goals; and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS: • Effectively handle life issues: Effectively use oral communication and grammar at level in the community, work, school and family. Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 062 Advanced ESL Writing - 6 (1 to 15 credits)

2. Goals G 6.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members; report progress on these goals; and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES OUTCOMES:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At this level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency.

BASIC SKILLS OUTCOMES: Effectively handle life issues: Effectively use writing at level in the community, work, school and family. Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, Actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources • Effectively use writing at level in the community, work, school and family.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 064 Advanced ESL Integrated - 6 (1 to 15 credits)

2. Writing W 6.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing. W 6.2 Select from and use a good store of tools and strategies for overall planning and organization; outline, restate, summarize and categorize ideas and produce a legible and comprehensible draft. W 6.3 Appropriately use both everyday and specialized vocabulary including abstract nouns and idioms, and a variety of sentence structures, in medium-length, coherently-linked, and detailed text with appropriate tone, language, and level of formality and in modes of organization suitable for a variety of audiences. W 6.4 Use a variety of strategies to analyze and make simple revisions (such as for clarity, organization, and descriptiveness) and to solve a few more global problems posed by the writing text (such as changes in voice or tone to take into account the needs of the audience or re-sequencing of larger pieces of text based on feedback from others). W 6.5 Undertake multiple re-readings of text in order to edit for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure and use appropriate tools such as dictionaries and grammar guides.

3. Speaking S 6.1 Recall and use a range of vocabulary including words related to most everyday, school, work, and social situations; know and use a variety of complex sentence structures and grammatical forms; know and use appropriate register in a range of communicative tasks, including unfamiliar, unpredictable, and uncomfortable interactions. S 6.2 Select from a wide range of strategies (such as taking into account the interests of others; predicting outcomes, interests, or likely questions and responses; organizing information based on determination of relevance and audience needs; elaborating with significant detail and examples) to select, organize, and relay information. S 6.3 Apply a wide range of strategies (including body language, pause fillers, stalling devices, and different rates of speech as needed) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.

4. Listening L 6.1 Understand main ideas and most details in conversations, short lectures, news reports, extended explanations and other connected discourse on a range of topics, including topics beyond everyday contexts and immediate experiences in a variety of work, personal, and basic academic contexts. L 6.2 Effectively use advanced strategies to repair gaps in understanding, to ask questions to deepen understanding and to give feedback appropriate to the situation, the audience and the purpose of the communication. Growing ability to use strategies appropriate to the socio-cultural context. L 6.3 Apply linguistic, socio-cultural, and other background knowledge and strategies (such as integrating information from more than one source; evaluating the relevance, validity, and adequacy of information; or adapting responses to the age, gender, status, and emotional state of the speaker) to understand fully the literal and implied intent of the speaker, to respond appropriately, and to meet the listening purpose.

5. Goals G 6.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members; report progress on these goals; and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES OUTCOMES:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At this level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS OUTCOMES: Effectively handle life issues: Make quality judgments, Assertiveness-speaking up, Overcoming fear, (heavy)Accent when speaking English, rights and exploitation, Understanding cross-cultural differences (norms, values, and roles) Outcomes: Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, Actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources Concepts & Skills: Sound-symbol relationships, Non verbal & Verbal Communication, Cooperation, Collaboration, Register/appropriateness, Analysis of a situation, Role models, Accuracy, Use it or lose it (ongoing practice and lifelong language learning), Flexibility

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 065 Advanced ESL Computer Technology and Job Readiness- 6 (1 to 15 credits)

3.Applied Proficiency: Use word processing to compose and revise a document, such as business letter or report, with minimal errors. Use multiple common software, such as spreadsheets, graphics, and multimedia programs. Use basic functions of the internet, such as the location bar, back and forward buttons, and bookmarks. Use functions of email (compose, send, forward, delete, save) to increase written fluency. Use a word processing program to compose and revise written materials such as paragraphs, informal letters, and/or resumes. Use software tools to check spelling, change fonts, change format, and access help screens. Begin to use email for personal communication. Access various software programs. Save and retrieve personal data to a removable disk. Access distant learning.

4.G 6.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members; report progress on these goals; and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES:

1.Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2.Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency. BASIC SKILLS: Effectively handle life issues: Effectively use technology at level in the community, work, school and family.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 066 Advanced ESL Intensive Oral Communication and Grammar - 6 (1 to 15 credits)

2. G 6.1 Set educational goals as they relate to their roles as workers, citizens, and family members; report progress on these goals; and revise and update them quarterly.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes and uses a variety of methods and styles to convey ideas and information as a student, worker, citizen, and family member. At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at an emerging level, due to limited spoken English proficiency.

2. Responsibility: Selects, plans, and executes action steps that address obstacles and efficiently utilize resources. At level, the student selects, plans, and executes action steps in spoken English at an emerging level due to limited English proficiency.

BASIC SKILLS: • Effectively handle life issues: Effectively use oral communication and grammar at level in the community, work, school and family. Consciously plan and progress along a educational and or career path. Advocate for oneself, family, and community, actively engage in community, Access and utilize community resources and civic rights, Engage in lifelong learning, Access and utilize technological resources.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150

ESL 090 ESL Foundations for Success (.2 to 2 credits)

A. Students will assess their preferred learning style, identify effective study strategies and choose strategies to implement immediate academic success.

B. Students will employ the Cornell Note-Taking method during lectures and determine usefulness of method in other classes.

C. Students will create flash cards and discuss effectiveness of using flash cards in studying.

D. Students will understand the importance of review in studying and preparing for exams.

E. Students will distinguish successful test preparation strategies that occur before, during and after a test.

F. Students will demonstrate process of elimination strategy during a multiple choice test, and number/answer estimation during a math test.

G. Students will examine test anxiety and strategize ways to prepare cognitively, physically and logistically in order to minimize anxiety.

Component 2 – Exhibiting Cultural Know-How

A. Students will examine their internal physiological response to stress and practice communication skills for engaging in meaningful conversation.

Component 3 – Balancing Multiple Roles and Time Demands

A. Students will examine Pierce College’s mission, vision and values and identify strong personal values.

B. Students will articulate a goal that is specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound.

C. Students will evaluate their use of time, what their needs are and how their needs are being met.

D. Students will identify ways to prioritize time and energy to pursue goals.

E. Students will examine and describe personal strengths to increase confidence and motivation.

F. Students will understand the effect of behaviors and thoughts on the brain and the development of unconscious habits.

G. Students will identify negative self-talk and implement positive self-talk to improve attitude, self-image and performance.

Component 4 – Help-Seeking Behavior

A. Students will identify unmet needs and seek assistance using college and community resources.

B. Students will demonstrate problem solving skills to address barriers to success.

Sub-outcomes for all writing activities:

A. Students will determine purpose and use prior knowledge when generating ideas for writing activities.

B. Students will convey ideas in writing using proper syntax, grammar, and sentence structure.

Degree Outcomes
Responsibility Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 2-20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 2-20

ESL 098 Transitions to College (1 to 5 credits)

ESL 099 I-Best Academic Support - ESL (1 to 20 credits)

2. Convey ideas in writing in order to perform competently in a chosen career pathway. a) Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing in order to perform the required job duties. b) Use multiple planning and pre-writing strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce legible, grammatically correct, and comprehensible job career documents. c) Appropriately use both everyday and specialized job specific vocabulary and well-constructed and linked paragraphs to accomplish career specific written communication documents. d) Use several simple revision strategies to monitor writing, to make revisions based on review and feedback from others, and to produce required career specific documents. e) Make edits of grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure with the help of tools such as vocabulary lists, dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers to produce accurate records and reports.

3. Speak so others can understand in order to perform competently in an identified career pathway. a. Recall and use sufficient career specific vocabulary, grammar, sentence types, and registers in order to communicate effectively in the workplace. b. Select from a range of strategies (such as elaborating with some detail and examples; determining most important/right amount of information and content to convey) to select, organize, and relay key information related to a chosen career. c. Apply a range of strategies (including attention to appropriate register, repetition of information, adjustments in pace, tone, volume, eye contact, and body language based on listener’s response and needs) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication with customers, community members, and co-workers.

4. Listen actively in order to perform competently in a chosen career pathway. a. Adapt response to varied speakers and contexts when language is not adjusted for English language learners in order to understand and respond appropriately to extended career-related explanations and narratives, detailed instructions, and complex conversations. b. Effectively use a wide range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding and give feedback in order to understand procedures and concepts that affect career specific practices. c. Apply linguistic, socio-cultural, and other background knowledge and strategies (such as comparing, integrating, and categorizing information for others) to understand fully the literal and implied intent of the speaker and to respond appropriately.

5. Use math to solve problems and communicate in order to function competently in an identified career pathway. a. Recall and use mathematical procedures appropriately in order to provide accurate information on charts and reports. b. Define, select, and organize a variety of common mathematical data and measure with appropriate tools, describe patterns, and/or use appropriate procedures effectively to monitor, chart, and report. c. Communicate solutions to problems orally, with visual representations, in writing, by entries in a table or appropriate graph, chart, or with basic statistics.

6. Develop an Educational/Career Plan in order to secure the desired Corrections or Protection Officer job. a. Set career and educational goals as they relate to roles in an identified career pathway and report progress on these goals and revise and update them on a regular basis.

7. Technology: a. Knowledge and Concepts: Describe what s/he is able to do with technology using appropriate technological vocabulary. Acquire and use the internet vocabulary, such as search engines, web sites, and URLs. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the connection of computers through the internet. Begin to apply critical thinking principles, such as separating fact from opinion, drawing conclusions, and predicting outcomes to sources retrieved from a computer. b. Resource Gatherings: Begin to recognize and seek assistance for common technical problems, such as a frozen screen, virus warning, and other warnings. Perform basic search of the internet with teacher/peer assistance. c. Applied Proficiency: Use word processing to compose and revise a document, such as business letter or report, with minimal errors. Use multiple common software, such as spreadsheets, graphics, and multimedia programs. Use basic functions of the internet, such as the location bar, back and forward buttons, and bookmarks. Use functions of email (compose, send, forward, delete, save) to increase written fluency.

Degree Outcomes
CORE ABILITIES:

1. Effective Communication: Recognizes that communication is influenced by perspective (e.g., the sender’s and receiver’s culture, gender, privilege, experience, level of authority, etc.) At this level, the student exhibits this element of the core ability at a competent level.

2. Responsibility: Considers a course of action: selects, plans, and executes initial/elementary action-steps that begin to address obstacles and possible resources. At this level, the student sets goals and recognizes potential obstacles in spoken English at a competent level.

Lecture Contact Hours 10-200
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-200

ENGLC 101 Corequisite English Composition (2 credits)

2. Identify writing process strategies and apply these strategies to one’s composition work.

3. Analyze how compositions are shaped by rhetorical situations, including purpose, audience, and context. Use digital tools within their reading, writing and research processes to produce complex, edited, and sharable work.

4. Demonstrate critical self-reflection skills within the context of developing one’s own writing.

5. Describe how linguistic diversity relates to a writer’s rhetorical choices and writing for specific communities and apply this knowledge to a variety of rhetorical situations.

6. Apply information gained in working with peers, course instructor, and academic support services, including but not limited to Writing Center tutors and librarians, to one’s own reading and writing processes.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Communication: Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one’s own and other’s writing in order to communicate effective.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

ENVS 140 Western Water Problems (5 credits)

2. Diagram the hydrologic cycle and the movement of water and energy with it.

3. Explain biogeochemical cycles as interactive systems.

4. Describe the relationship between the weather and climate of the Western U.S. and the location and distribution of water resources and natural hazards.

5. Describe the relationship between the major geographic regions of the Western U.S. and the location and distribution of water resources.

6. Diagram the major components of a watershed.

7. Diagram and explain the major components of groundwater resources.

8. Summarize the historical development of water resources in the Western U.S. for agriculture, industry, and urban growth.

9. Analyze federal water policy, water rights, and water law as they apply to the Western U.S.

10. Use the scientific method to describe the major components of studying and solving water resource problems.

11. Analyze the major contemporary issues in water allocation, use, and misuse in the Western U.S.

12. Distinguish between water needs of the different water basins.

13. Examine different water basins in order to compare their ecological diversity.

14. Design a set of criteria for a regional water use plan.

15. Interpret topographic maps, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery for water resource studies.

16. Evaluate water resources using hydrographs, climographs, snowpack and streamflow charts, and other statistical graphics.

17. Discuss and summarize the major local water issues in Western Washington.

18. Locate and analyze water resource data and information using the library and Internet as research tools.

19. Responsibility: Recognize Interconnectedness. See self as part of more extended humankind and global community. Describe self and others in relation to environment, animal kingdom (biotic and abiotic), society, etc.

20. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Conclusions and Judgments. Combine some aspects of experience, reason, and information to make conclusions and judgments with some success. (e.g. predict the effect that extremely high tides and extremely low tides have upon organisms of the intertidal community)

21. Information Competency: Evaluates Sources and Uses Tools. Evaluate and selectively use most appropriate tools and sources to access and manipulate geologic information, including library research, the Internet, and field research.

Degree Outcomes
NATURAL SCIENCES: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data and information relative to the natural world.

Responsibility: Graduates will be able to respond by examining the relationship between self, community, and environments, evaluating potential impacts and consequences of actions, and making choices and contributions based on that examination and evaluation.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

ENVS 150 Environmental Issues (5 credits)

2.Summarize the history of environmentalism.

3.Examine the rights of future generations.

4.Analyze the human philosophical traditions and the relationship between humans, animals, and the natural environment.

5.Discuss the impact that philosophy, religion, art, media, and popular culture have had on people’s thinking about the environment.

6.Discuss the value of wilderness and biodiversity.

7.Summarize the application of ethics to environmental issues, including deforestation, pollution, population growth, resource consumption, the production and use of energy, and environmental sustainability.

8.Compare the environmental impacts and risks of economic development in developed nations and in developing nations.

9.Compare government and corporate responsibility for the environment.

10.Debate a variety of environmental issues from both “pro” and “con” viewpoints.

11.Evaluate the political processes required to attempt any solution to environmental degradation issues at the local, national, and international level.

12.Identify specific environmental problems and risks, and evaluate their significance in terms of present and future impact on the biosphere.

13.Assess the use of multidisciplinary solutions to alleviate or modify human impacts on the environment.

14.Summarize the major environmental laws and their impact on environmental protection.

15.Access environmental data and information from various sources including library research and the Internet.

16.Information Competency: Demonstrate the ability to use the library and the Internet resource tools for locating and analyzing environmental data and information.

17.Effective Communication: Ability to do field observation and make field notes of local animal and plant communities and formulate the data gathered into concise reports and presentations.

18.Multiculturalism: Understand, appreciate, and discuss the different environmental viewpoints of various world cultures.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

 

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

ENVS 155 Applied Environmental Methods (5 credits)

2. Apply the Scientific Method to solve environmental problems.

3. Define ecology, explain symbiosis, and distinguish the various trophic levels.

4. Describe a biome and describe the major terrestrial biomes in relation to natural vegetation and climate.

5. Summarize the roles of the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere within the Earth system and relate each to the biosphere.

6. Explain the bio-geo-chemical cycles and summarize the flow of energy in an ecosystem and a food web.

7. Discuss the role of solar energy from the global to micro scale.

8. Define restoration ecology and recognize the interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems.

9. Identify environmentally damaged sites and develop an action plan in terms of present and future impacts on the biosphere.

10. Access environmental data and information from various sources including library and internet research.

11. Describe the physical and chemical properties of water.

12. Diagram the hydrologic cycle and the movement of water and energy within it.

13. Recognize and define the differences between native and invasive species, and be skilled at methods for scientific identification of both.

14. Explain the harmful, and sometimes beneficial, aspects of invasive species.

15. Identify appropriate methods for removal/control of invasive species in specific situations.

16. Compare the environmental impacts and risks of economic development.

17. Utilize geographic tools such as Geographic Information Systems, topographic maps, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery to analyze restoration sites.

18. Use GPS technology to map invasive species distribution on a site.

19. Recognize the interdisciplinary nature of environmental issues and problem solving.

20. Analyze philosophical traditions and relationships between humans, animals, and the natural environment.

21. Discuss the value of wilderness and biodiversity.

22. Effective Communication: Demonstrate the ability to do field observation and make field notes of local animal and plant communities and formulate the data gathered into concise reports and presentations.

23. Responsibility: Interconnectedness. See self as part of more extended humankind and global community. Describes self and others in relation to environment (biotic and abiotic), animal kingdom, society, etc.

24. Information Competency: Demonstrate the ability to use the library and the Internet as resources for locating and analyzing environmental data and information.

25. Critical, Creative, and Reflective thinking: Integrate and analyze quantitative data and qualitative information and ideas in several contexts. Examine assumptions integrate experience, reason, and information to draw scientific conclusions.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

ENVS 180 Seminar in Sustainability (2 credits)

2. Students will identify different important issues related to sustainability, such as resource depletion, resource conflict, pollution, consumerism, health, food systems, and energy systems.

3. Students will engage in analytical and systems thinking to discuss and explain the key factors affecting specific sustainability-related issues.

4. Students will reflect on how different aspects of sustainability relate to their daily lives and experience.

5. Students will reflect on how different aspects of sustainability relate to the well-being of communities at the local, national, and global scale.

6. Students will articulate ways in which individual and community action can play a role in creating sustainable systems.

7. Students will reflect on their own personal role in creating and participating in sustainable practices.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

ENVS& 100 Survey of Environmental Science (5 credits)

2. Summarize the history of environmentalism and the progress made in environmental awareness and cleanup.

3. Using the scientific method, describe the major components of solving environmental problems.

4. Explain how risk assessment helps determine pollution and natural hazard events and long-term effects.

5. Distinguish between the major federal environmental laws (e.g. Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, NEPA, Endangered Species Act, etc).

6. Assess the role of economics in relation to pollution, enjoyment, and value of environmental components.

7. Differentiate the biogeochemical cycles and summarize the flow of energy in an ecosystem and a food web.

8. Discuss the role of solar energy in the Earth system.

9. Summarize the roles of the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere within the Earth system and relate each to the biosphere.

10. Relate the role of humans to natural hazards in the environment.

11. Define ecology, explain symbiosis, and distinguish the various ecological levels

12. Sketch and explain the pyramids of numbers, biomass, and energy.

13. Define a biome and describe the major terrestrial biomes in relation to natural vegetation and climate.

14. Give examples of how water conservation can be practiced by industry, agriculture, and homes. Contrast the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing surface water and groundwater resources.

15. List and describe at least five categories of water pollutants and air pollutants.

16. Describe the distribution, growth, and dynamics of the world human population and analyze the impact of the human population on the environment.

17. Information Competency: Demonstrate the ability to use the library and the Internet as resource tools for locating and analyzing environmental data and information.

18. Effective Communication: Ability to do field observation and make field notes of local animal and plant communities and formulate the data gathered into concise reports and presentations.

19. Multiculturalism: Understand, appreciate, and discuss the different environmental viewpoints of various world cultures.

20. Responsibility: Examine the relationship between self and the environment, evaluate potential impacts of actions, and make choices based on that examination and evaluation.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 120 Basic Fire Investigation (3 credits)

2. Define criminal law and explain the constitutional amendments as they apply to fire investigation.

3. Define and explain common terms used in fire investigations.

4. Describe the basic elements of fire dynamics and how they affect cause determination including fire behavior, characteristics of fuels and methods of heat transfer.

5. Analyze the relationship of building construction on fire investigations including types of construction, construction and finish materials.

6. Evaluate fire protection systems and building services and discuss how their installation affects the ignition of fire buildings.

7. Explain the role of the fire investigator in recognizing health and safety concerns that includes potential hazardous material awareness.

8. Describe fire scene investigations and the process of conducting investigations using the scientific method.

9. Explain how an investigator determines the point of origin in a room.

10. Identify the types of fire causes and differentiate between accidental and incendiary causes.

11. Describe and explain the basic procedures used for investigating vehicle fires.

12. Identify the characteristics of arson and common motives of the firesetter.

13. Identify and analyze the causes involved in line of duty firefighter deaths related to structural and wildland firefighting, training and research and the reduction of emergency risks and accidents.

14. Identify information about the role, use, and varied types of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the emergency response.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Program Outcomes: Graduates apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in fire service command and administrative duties.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

FSLM 137 Fire Protection Systems (5 credits)

2. Describe the basic elements of a public water supply system including sources, distribution networks, piping and hydrants.

3. Explain why water is a commonly used extinguishing agent.

4. Identify the different types and components of sprinkler, standpipe and foam systems.

5. Review residential and commercial sprinkler legislation.

6. Identify the different types of non-water-based fire suppression systems.

7. Explain the basic components of a fire alarm system.

8. Identify the different types of detectors and explain how they detect fire.

9. Describe the hazards of smoke and list the four factors that can influence smoke movement in a building.

10. Discuss the appropriate application of fire protection systems.

11. Explain the operation and appropriate application for the different types of portable fire protection systems.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Fire Service Organizational Management: Apply organizational theories and models of behavioral science in organizational diagnostics and development to organizational challenges associated with the fire protection services. Fire Systems Risk Management: Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 152 Building Construction for Fire Protection (5 credits)

2. Classify major types of building construction in accordance with a local/model building code.

3. Analyze the hazards and tactical considerations associated with the various types of building construction.

4. Explain the different loads and stresses that are placed on a building and their interrelationships.

5. Identify the function of each principle structural component in typical building design.

6. Differentiate between fire resistance, flame spread, and describe the testing procedures used to establish ratings for each.

7. Classify occupancy designations of the building code.

8. Identify the indicators of potential structural failure as they relate to firefighter safety.

9. Identify the role of GIS as it relates to building construction.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT) - Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Information Competency (IC) - Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning. Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 155 Fire Instructor I (4 credits)

2. Identify and analyze safety and the training function.

3. Recognize legal and ethical considerations as they apply to fire and emergency service organizations.

4. Examine and apply the principles and techniques of effective oral and written communications.

5. Examine requirements and factors that effect instructional facilities, training props and acquired structures that can be used to provide training required by the organization.

6. Recognize the general concepts of report writing and the process for record keeping within the training division and organization.

7. Summarize teaching methodology and the basic principles of learning.

8. Examine student characteristics as they apply to their learning needs and learning styles.

9. Examine the different aspects in instructional preparation to ensure that the learning experience is worthwhile, relevant and interesting.

10. Identify various instructional delivery methods and their effect on active learning.

11. Recognize the various benefits and types of audiovisual technology that is used for instructional delivery.

12. Interpret the use of the Application step in lesson planning as it pertains to structured exercises, demonstration and practical training evolutions.

13. Examine the evaluation process as it pertains to student progress.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems. Fire Service Personnel Management Understand the theories and apply the practice of fire service personnel administration and human resource management Fire Systems Legal Issues Understand and apply the legal framework of administrative actions and constitutional requirements to developing and maintaining a community fire protection system.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 40

FSLM 160 Fire Protection Strategies and Tactics (5 credits)

2. Analyze the main components of pre-fire planning and the steps needed for a pre-fire plan review.

3. Identify the basics of building construction and how they interrelate to pre-fire planning, strategies, and tactics.

4. Apply the steps taken during size-up.

5. Examine the significance of fire ground communications.

6. Evaluate the roles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) as they relate to strategies and tactics.

7. Summarize the various roles and responsibilities in ICS/NIMS.

Degree Outcomes
Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration.   Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT)   Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.   Information Competency (IC)  Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 170 Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply (5 credits)

2. Explain the design principles of fire service pumping apparatus.

3. Analyze community fire flow demand criteria.

4. Explain the principles of forces that affect water, both at rest and in motion. 

5. Compare the various types of water distribution systems.

6. Discuss the various types of fire pumps.

7.Evaluate water hydraulic principles as they relate to fire protection.

8. Demonstrate knowledge of water hydraulics as it relates to fire protection.

Degree Outcomes
Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning   Fire Service Organizational Management Apply organizational theories and models of behavioral science in organizational diagnostics and development to organizational challenges associated with the fire protection services.   Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT)   Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.   Information Competency (IC) Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 180 Fire and Emergency Services Administration (5 credits)

2. Recognize the need for effective communication skills, both written and verbal.

3. Identify and explain the concepts of span and control, effective delegation, and division of labor.

4. Select and implement the appropriate disciplinary action based upon an employee’s conduct.

5. Explain the history of management and supervision methods and procedures.

6. Discuss the various levels of leadership, roles, and responsibilities within the organization.

7. Describe the traits of effective versus ineffective management styles.

8. Identify the importance of ethics as it relates to fire and emergency services.

9. Identify the roles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Management System (ICS).

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions. Fire Service Organizational Management Apply organizational theories and models of behavioral science in organizational diagnostics and development to organizational challenges associated with the fire protection services. Fire Systems Legal Issues Understand and apply the legal framework of administrative actions and constitutional requirements to developing and maintaining a community fire protection system.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 195 Fire Officer I (5 credits)

FSLM 205 Safety and Survival (5 credits)

2. Explain the need for enhancements of personal and organizational accountability for health and safety.

3. Define how the concepts of risk management affect strategic and tactical decision-making.

4. Describe and evaluate circumstances that might constitute an unsafe act.

5. Explain the concept of empowering all emergency services personnel to stop unsafe acts.

6. Validate the need for national training standards as they correlate to professional development inclusive of qualifications, certifications, and re-certifications.

7. Defend the need for annual medical evaluations and the establishment of physical fitness criteria for emergency services personnel throughout their careers.

8. Explain the vital role of local departments in national research and data collection systems.

9. Illustrate how technological advancements can produce higher levels of emergency services safety and survival.

10. Explain the importance of investigating all near-misses, injuries and fatalities.

11. Discuss how incorporating the lessons learned from investigations can support cultural change throughout the emergency services.

12. Describe how obtaining grants can support safety and survival initiatives.

13. Formulate an awareness of how adopting standardized policies for responding to emergency scenes can minimize near-misses, injuries and deaths. 14. Explain how the increase in violent incidents impacts safety for emergency services personnel when responding to emergency scenes.

15. Recognize the need for counseling and psychological support for emergency services personnel, their families, as well as, identify access to local resources and services.

16. Describe the importance of public education as a critical component of life safety programs.

17. Discuss the importance of fire sprinklers and code enforcement.

18. Explain the importance of safety in the design of apparatus and equipment.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication (EC) - Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Information Competency (IC) - Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Fire Service Personnel Management Understand the theories and apply the practice of fire service personnel administration and human resource management Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 255 Fire Instructor II (3 credits)

2. List guidelines for instructor formal and informal evaluations.

3. Distinguish between summative and formative evaluation.

4. Develop a course/lesson evaluation instrument.

5. Determine statistical usage of course evaluation results.

6. Examine facts about preparing test specifications.

7. List and explain the three basic types of test instruments.

8. Distinguish among the Incident Command System (ICS) functions.

9. Discuss implementation, supervision, and evaluation of practical training evolutions.

10. Identify facts about data collection and information types.

11. Distinguish between characteristics of capital budgets and operating budgets.

12. List and explain characteristics of an effective purchasing process.

13. Describe methods of anticipating, mitigating, and solving personnel problems.

14. Analyze skills and job duties of training supervision.

15. Evaluate factors that influence scheduling.

16. Identify components and functions of a records-management system.

17. Distinguish among policies, procedures and guidelines.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions. Fire Service Personnel Management Understand the theories and apply the practice of fire service personnel administration and human resource management Fire Systems Legal Issues Understand and apply the legal framework of administrative actions and constitutional requirements to developing and maintaining a community fire protection system.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

FSLM 262 Disaster Planning (4 credits)

2. Evaluate the hazard assessment processes and the role of the firefighter in community disaster planning and recovery.

3. Assess hazard response and planning procedures.

4. Define the impact of hazard occurrence on community response.

5. Define the parameters and effectiveness of an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and its components.

6. Differentiate the multilevel agency responsibilities in disaster mitigation.

7. Define the relationships between disaster planning, mitigation, and recovery.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions. Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 40

FSLM 265 Fire Officer II (5 credits)

FSLM 272 Personnel Management (5 credits)

2. Recognize the need for effective communication skills, both written and verbal.

3. Identify and explain the concepts of span and control, effective delegation, and division of labor.

4. Implement the appropriate disciplinary action based upon an employee’s conduct.

5. Explain the history of management and supervision methods and procedures.

6. Discuss the various levels of leadership, roles, and responsibilities within the organization.

7. Describe the traits of effective versus ineffective management styles.

8. Explore the importance of ethics as it relates to fire and emergency services.

9. Identify the roles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Management System (ICS).

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT) - Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Intercultural Engagement (IE) - Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions. Fire Service Leadership Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in the fire service. Fire Service Personnel Management Understand the theories and apply the practice of fire service personnel administration and human resource management.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 273 Principles of Emergency Services (5 credits)

2. Analyze the basic components of fire as a chemical chain reaction, the major phases of fire, and examine the main factors that influence fire spread and fire behavior.

3. Differentiate between fire service training and education and explain the value of higher education to the professionalization of the fire service.

4. List and describe the major organizations that provide emergency response service and illustrate how they interrelate.

5. Identify fire protection and emergency-service careers in both the public and private sector.

6. Define the role of national, State and local support organizations in fire and emergency services.

7. Discuss and describe the scope, purpose, and organizational structure of fire and emergency services.

8. Describe the common types of fire and emergency service facilities, equipment, and apparatus.

9. Compare and contrast effective management concepts for various emergency situations.

10. Identify the primary responsibilities of fire prevention personnel including, code enforcement, public information, and public and private protection systems.

11. Recognize the components of career preparation and goal setting.

12. Describe the importance of wellness and fitness as it relates to emergency services.

Degree Outcomes
Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems. Fire Service Organizational Management Apply organizational theories and models of behavioral science in organizational diagnostics and development to organizational challenges associated with the fire protection services. Fire Service Organizational Management Apply organizational theories and models of behavioral science in organizational diagnostics and development to organizational challenges associated with the fire protection services.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 274 Safety and Health (5 credits)

2. Identify occupational health and safety programs for industry and emergency services today.

3. Compare the difference between standards and regulations.

4. Describe the components of risk identification, risk evaluation, and incident management.

5. Describe the relevance for safety in the work place, including the importance of PPE.

6. Apply the knowledge of an effective safety plan to pre-incident planning, response, and training activities.

7. Explain the components of an accountability system in emergency service operations.

8. Discuss the need for, and the process used for, post-incident analysis.

9. Describe the components and value of critical incident management programs.

10. Describe the responsibilities of individual responders, supervisors, Safety Officers, and Incident Commanders, safety program managers, safety committees, and fire department managers as they relate to health and safety programs.

11. Describe the components of a wellness/fitness plan.

12. Analyze the major causes involved in line-of-duty firefighter deaths related to health, wellness, fitness, and vehicle operations.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT) - Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Information Competency (IC) - Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Fire Service Personnel Management Understand the theories and apply the practice of fire service personnel administration and human resource management Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 276 Fire Behavior & Combustion (5 credits)

2. Categorize the components of fire.

3. Explain the physical and chemical properties of fire.

4. Describe and apply the process of burning.

5. Define and use basic terms and concepts associated with the chemistry and dynamics of fire.

6. Discuss various materials and their relationship to fires as fuel.

7. Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of water as a fire suppression agent.

8. Articulate other suppression agents and strategies.

9. Compare other methods and techniques of fire extinguishments.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT) - Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Information Competency (IC) - Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 277 Incident Safety Officer (3 credits)

2. Identify and explain the five parts of classic risk management.

3. Distinguish among the differences in regulations, codes, laws and guides.

4. Discuss the reasoning for preplanning the response of an incident safety officer.

5. Identify and describe the three areas that help perform the functions of the ISO.

6. List in order, the five-step analytical approach to predicting building collapse.

7. List the four attributes of smoke.

8. Identify the three steps in the reading of smoke process.

9. Define situational awareness.

10. Describe three methods to read risk at an incident.

11. Define hazardous energy and list four ways to categorize its status.

12. Define the four R’s of firefighter rehabilitation.

13. Identify four methods that will help the ISO trigger safety behaviors.

14. Identity and describe the four components of the ISO Action Model.

15. Examine the three dimensions that need to be defined during environmental reconnaissance.

16. Explain the three factors that influence fire spread.

17. Examine the strategic goals for the safety section at a WMD/terrorist incident.

18. Discuss several regulations that outline response requirements for tech-rescue incidents.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems. Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

FSLM 286 Fire Prevention (5 credits)

2. Identify and describe fire prevention organizations and associations.

3. Define laws, rules, regulations, and codes and identify those relevant to fire prevention of the authority having jurisdiction.

4. Define the functions of a fire prevention bureau.

5. Describe inspection practices and procedures.

6. Identify and describe the standards for professional qualifications for Fire Marshal, Plans Examiner, Fire Inspector, Fire and Life Safety Educator, and Fire Investigator.

7. List opportunities in professional development for fire prevention personnel.

8. Describe the history and philosophy of fire prevention.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions. Fire Service Organizational Management Apply organizational theories and models of behavioral science in organizational diagnostics and development to organizational challenges associated with the fire protection services. Fire Systems Legal Issues Understand and apply the legal framework of administrative actions and constitutional requirements to developing and maintaining a community fire protection system.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 300 Fire Services Administration (5 credits)

2. Classify what training and skills are needed to establish departmental organization.

3. Analyze the value of a community-related approach to risk reduction.

4. Outline the priorities of a budget-planning document, while anticipating the diverse needs of a community.

5. Assess the importance of positively influencing community leaders by demonstrating effective leadership.

6. Analyze the concept of change and the need to be aware of future trends in fire management.

7. Report on the importance of communications technology, fire service networks, and the Internet when conducting problem-solving analysis and managing trends.

8. Develop a clear understanding of the national assessment models and their respective approaches to certification.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Fire Administration Evaluate industry standard administrative techniques as they relate to organizational management in fire service settings. Core Abilities: Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT) - Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Effective Communication (EC) - Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 310 Fire Service Leadership (5 credits)

2. Develop and articulate philosophy of leadership.

3. Identify how leadership styles may be affected by crisis and non-crisis situations in the fire service.

4. Compare and contrast theories and describe how apply leadership theories to motivate self and others.

5. Construct a change management model using data sets and metics that support the process of planning, communicating and implementing change.

6. Demonstrate a range of skills addressing conflict management, use of power, group dynamics, leadership and influence.

7. Describe causes of team dysfunction in the fire service and develop a mitigation plan.

8. Develop a plan to mitigate fire service team dysfunctions.

9. Demonstrate the application of various decision-making fire protection systems models and their application to the fire service.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Fire Service Leadership Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in the fire service. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 320 Political & Legal Foundations for Fire Protection (5 credits)

2. Describe legal lessons learned from recent cases, and identify best practices in the fire service to avoid legal liability.

3. Analyze and apply legal rules and political issues to manage risk.

4. Formulate political and legal conclusions and recommendations based on the analysis.

5. Locate and apply recent legal and legislative online resources.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Fire Systems Legal Issues Understand and apply the legal framework of administrative actions and constitutional requirements to developing and maintaining a community fire protection system. Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 330 Personnel Management for the Fire Service (5 credits)

2. Explain potential personnel management issues.

3. Classify the collective rules, procedures, laws, and policies that relate to personnel management issues.

4. Analyze simple/complex personnel management issues from recruitment to selection, as well as retention.

5. Formulate recommendations and solutions to personnel management issues.

6. Explore organizational development and leadership styles and how they relate to personnel relationships.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Fire Service Leadership Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in the fire service. Fire Service Personnel Management Understand the theories and apply the practice of fire service personnel administration and human resource management Fire Systems Legal Issues: Understand and apply the legal framework of administrative actions and constitutional requirements to developing and maintaining a community fire protection system. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 350 Fire Service Ethics (5 credits)

2. Devise and implement an ethics training program for your department.

3. Review and revise minority recruitment strategies.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Fire Service Leadership Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in the fire service. Fire Service Personnel Management Understand the theories and apply the practice of fire service personnel administration and human resource management Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 360 Disaster Planning and Control (5 credits)

2. Evaluate the hazard assessment processes and the role of the firefighter in community disaster planning and recovery.

3. Assess hazard response and planning procedures.

4. Define the impact of hazard occurrence on community response.

5. Define the parameters and effectiveness of an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and its components.

6. Differentiate the multilevel agency responsibilities in disaster mitigation.

7. Define the relationships between disaster planning, mitigation, and recovery.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Fire Service Leadership Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in the fire service. Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 370 Fire Related Human Behavior (5 credits)

2. Compare and contrast how psychology and sociology factors influence behavior.

3. Demonstrate how current computer systems modeling functions.

4. Locate and analyze current human-related fire research.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Fire Administration: Evaluate industry standard administrative techniques as they relate to organizational management in fire service settings. Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 400 Community Risk Reduction for the Fire Service (5 credits)

2. Develop and meet community risk-reduction objectives.

3. Identify and develop intervention strategies.

4. Implement a risk-reduction program.

5. Review and modify risk-reduction programs.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning. Core Abilities: Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT) - Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Information Competency (IC) - Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Responsibility (R) - Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 410 Fire Prevention Organization and Management (5 credits)

2. Analyze code enforcement and plans review concepts.

3. Analyze fire and life safety education concepts.

4. Analyze methods for effective fire, arson, and explosion investigation

5. Examine historical events and their influence on fire prevention.

6. Examine social, cultural, and behavioral concepts that influence effective prevention programs.

7. Identify and analyze local, state, and federal resources.

8. Examine methods to enhance professional development of fire-prevention and other emergency service personnel

9. Examine policies, procedures, and impacts of effective fire-prevention efforts.

10. Analyze budgeting and program funding concepts.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Fire Service Leadership Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in the fire service. Fire Service Organizational Management Apply organizational theories and models of behavioral science in organizational diagnostics and development to organizational challenges associated with the fire protection services. Fire Administration Evaluate industry standard administrative techniques s they relate to organizational management in fire service settings. Fire Service Personnel Management Apply organizational theories and models of behavioral science in organizational diagnostics and development to organizational challenges associated with fire protection services. Fire System Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research and planning. Fire Systems Legal Issues Understand and apply the legal framework of administrative actions and constitutional requirements to developing and maintaining a community fire protection system. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 420 Fire Dynamics (5 credits)

2. Explain the flame spread and smoke production properties of building furnishings and materials.

3. Explain the importance of, and be able to calculate, heat release rate for combustibles.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration. Fire Administration Evaluate industry standard administrative techniques s they relate to organizational management in fire service settings. Fire System Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research and planning. Fire Systems Legal Issues Understand and apply the legal framework of administrative actions and constitutional requirements to developing and maintaining a community fire protection system. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions. Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

FSLM 450 Applications of Fire Research (5 credits)

2. Demonstrate and apply the process of fire research to a research problem that is related to one of the course topics.

3. Conduct a literature review of current research on a fire-related topic.

4. Write a fire-related research proposal.

5. Design a research plan using one or more qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration. Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. (IC)

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOG 100 Introduction to Geography (5 credits)

2. Utilize geographic skills to analyze historical, cultural, economic, demographic, political, and environmental issues.

3. Synthesize information and data to convey spatial relationships.

4. Locate, map and describe major physical and human geographic features at the local, regional, national, and global levels.

5. Apply spatial theories and concepts at both the small and large scale.

6. Explain the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations in terms of physical, cultural, and economic factors and conflicts through formal and informal writing activities.

7. Analyze the dynamic relationships between human and physical systems of the Earth.

8. Articulate the influences of geographic features on the physical and cultural development of cities, nations, and regions.

9. Utilize tools such as geographic information systems, spreadsheets, and statistical packages to analyze and represent spatial relationships.

10. Articulate ways different multi-cultural perspectives impact how places are perceived, utilized, and transformed.

11. Articulate some fundamental relationships between the physical and cultural aspects of geography.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflexive Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOG 120 Exploring Cities (5 credits)

2. Describe different historical, cultural, political and economic forces that have influenced and shaped cities.

3. Describe spatial perspective of how certain populations are distributed across cities and metropolitan areas.

4. Investigate pressing urban issues in the local Seattle-Tacoma area.

5. Communicate research findings to a diverse audience.

Degree Outcomes
Social Science: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOG 150 Europe, the Americas and the South Pacific (5 credits)

2. Utilize geographic skills to analyze historical, cultural, economic, demographic, political, and environmental issues.

3. Synthesize information and data to convey spatial relationships.

4. Locate, map and describe major physical and human geographic features at the local, regional, national, and global levels.

5. Apply spatial theories and concepts at both the small and large scale.

6. Explain the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations in terms of physical, cultural, and economic factors and conflicts through formal and informal writing activities.

7. Analyze the dynamic relationships between human and physical systems of the Earth.

8. Articulate the influences of geographic features on the physical and cultural development of cities, nations, and regions.

9. Utilize tools such as geographic information systems, spreadsheets, and statistical packages to analyze and represent spatial relationships.

10. Articulate ways different multi-cultural perspectives impact how places are perceived, utilized, and transformed.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOG 160 Africa, Middle East, and Asia (5 credits)

2. Utilize geographic skills to analyze historical, cultural, economic, demographic, political, and environmental issues.

3. Synthesize information and data to convey spatial relationships.

4. Locate, map and describe major physical and human geographic features at the local, regional, national, and global levels.

5. Apply spatial theories and concepts at both the small and large scale.

6. Explain the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations in terms of physical, cultural, and economic factors and conflicts through formal and informal writing activities.

7. Analyze the dynamic relationships between human and physical systems of the Earth.

8. Articulate the influences of geographic features on the physical and cultural development of cities, nations, and regions.

9. Utilize tools such as geographic information systems, spreadsheets, and statistical packages to analyze and represent spatial relationships.

10. Articulate ways different multi-cultural perspectives impact how places are perceived, utilized, and transformed.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOG 200 Human Geography (5 credits)

2. Synthesize information and data to convey spatial relationships.

3. Apply spatial theories and concepts at both the small and large scale.

4. Explain the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations in terms of physical, cultural, and economic factors and conflicts through formal and informal writing activities.

5. Utilize tools such as geographic information systems, spreadsheets, and statistical packages to analyze and represent spatial relationships.

6. Articulate ways different multi-cultural perspectives impact how places are perceived, utilized, and transformed.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOG 205 Physical Geography (5 credits)

2. Determine the reasons for the spatial variation of solar radiation and how Earth’s climate is affected.

3. Use and appraise some of the tools and methods geographers use, e.g., computer software that links component disciplines in data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

4. Construct an atmospheric pressure pattern map of the world from existing data sets and explain how these patterns are generated and in turn affect other patterns related to climate, distribution of precipitation, plants, animals, and people.

5. Describe significant fundamental relationships between climate, plate tectonics, rocks, and landforms as manifested in Earth’s stream patterns.

6. Examine significant relationships between land, water, air, and ice as components of biogeochemical cycling on Earth;

7. Identify sets of processes that govern Earth’s fundamental surface morphology.

8. Identify the spatial distribution of geohazards, e.g., earthquakes, groundwater pollution, flooding, landslides, both spatially and temporally and the role of people’s activities.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOG 207 Economic Geography (5 credits)

2. Account for different ways in which time is an important dependent or independent variable in economic-geographic analyses and be able to articulate instances where time and space interact and constrain each other.

3. Recognizes different kinds and levels of “complexities” in a regional economy and in the spatial facets of the economic composition of, and interdependencies within such an economy.

4. Describe the effects of geographic scale on spatial processes: Is able to provide examples for principles and dynamic processes which apply (with or without modifications) at different geographic levels.

5. Articulate some of the relationships between an economic actor and her/his decision environment which may be relatively simple or complex, certain or uncertain, local or global, placid or turbulent.

6. Appreciate the diversity and complexity of the economies of cities and has some understanding of the way in which general principles of economic geography can be applied to urban economies, their functions and spatial structure.

7. Recognize the importance of (access to) information sources and the need to evaluate critically the quality and reliability of such sources in light of the research question(s), the costs (including limitations) and benefits of that information and the information from alternative sources and (last not least) the possible availability of alternative conceptual frameworks and analytical methods with different information needs.

8. Express how society and its economic actors organize themselves in space, how spatial, economic, institutional and other variables interact in the evolution of such organizational structures, and how organizational configurations in space have, in turn important implications for the economic and social well-being of affected groups and societies.

9. Describe the relationships between technological change (including change in information technologies) and regional economic development.

10. Characterize the complexity of economic development processes anywhere in the world, the difficulty of describing such processes and the impossibility of ever reaching a total agreement on how to explain such processes satisfactorily and fully.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOG 210 Physical Geography (5 credits)

2. Determine the reasons for the spatial variation of solar radiation and how Earth’s climate is affected;

3. Use and appraise some of the tools and methods geographers use, e.g., computer software that links component disciplines in data collection, analysis, and interpretation;

4. Construct an atmospheric pressure pattern map of the world from existing data sets and explain how these patterns are generated and in turn affect other patterns related to climate, distribution of precipitation, plants, animals, and people;

5. Describe significant fundamental relationships between climate, plate tectonics, rocks, and landforms as manifested in Earth’s stream patterns;

6. Examine significant relationships between land, water, air, and ice as components of biogeochemical cycling on Earth;

7. Identify sets of processes that govern Earth’s fundamental surface morphology;

8. Identify the spatial distribution of geohazards, e.g., earthquakes, groundwater pollution, flooding, landslides, both spatially and temporally and the role of people’s activities.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Critical Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

GEOG 250 Introduction to Maps and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (5 credits)

2. Students will be able to critically interpret maps through design choices such as symbolization, colors and the conundrum of necessary generalizations, all in terms of map production.

3. Students will be able to find, download and interpret geospatial data from public databases.

4. Students will be able to use basic functions of GIS software like ArcMap, including the creation of thematic maps.

5. Students will be able to describe practical uses of GIS software in solving real-world problems related to fields like the environment, business and government.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use critical thinking about maps and geographic information systems tools in order to analyze and interpret natural phenomena.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOL 107 Exploring Earth Science (5 credits)

2. Apply and convert measurements in the metric system.

3. Identify and classify basic minerals and rocks from selected samples.

4. Apply the scientific method to the theory of plate tectonics.

5. Relate volcanoes, earthquakes and other geologic features to plate tectonics.

6. Explain how the earth has changed through geologic history and the evidence that supports these changes.

7. Describe the global ocean including its geologic setting, circulation, and coastal features and processes.

8. Interpret different types of maps and apply the latitude and longitude system of location.

9. Observe and measure weather elements, and summarize and analyze the data collected.

10. Demonstrate how seasonal changes, weather systems, local influences, cloud types, and barometric pressure may be used to forecast weather. 11.Explain how weather is affected by atmospheric circulation patterns, seasons, weather patterns, and local climate controls.

12. Communicate an awareness of human and personal impact on earth systems.

13. Seek, find, evaluate, and use data and information, obtained via library use and information technology, in learning Earth Science.

14. Combine aspects of experience, reason, and information to make conclusions and judgments (e.g. relating the theory of plate tectonics to the distribution of volcanic and earthquake activity).

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

GEOL 112 Geohazards and Natural Disasters (5 credits)

2. Evaluate the value of understanding natural hazards and hazard mitigation.

3. Apply the scientific method and relate scientific processes to Earth processes.

4. Discuss plate tectonic processes and explain how they relate to geologic hazards.

5. Describe the origin, occurrence, monitoring, and mitigation of hazards related to plate tectonic processes and how these hazards may be linked to other natural hazards.

6. Describe the origin, occurrence, monitoring, and mitigation of hazards related to the hydrologic cycle and how these hazards may be linked to other natural hazards.

7. Evaluate the origin, effects, and mitigation of wildfire hazards and indicate the links to other natural hazards.

8. Evaluate Earth global climate changes throughout geologic time and relate this to anthropogenic global climate change and other natural hazards.

9. Evaluate the political, social, and scientific aspects of global climate change hazard mitigation.

10. Evaluate the probability, effects, and mitigation of meteor impact, airburst, and space weather hazards and indicate the links to other natural hazards.

11. Integrate experience, reason, and information to draw scientific conclusions about natural hazards.

12. Appropriately communicate geologic and environmental data to an audience through reports and presentations.

13. Evaluate and use appropriate tools and sources in order to access and manipulate geologic and environmental information including library research, the Internet, and field research.

14. Understand, appreciate, and discuss the different environmental viewpoints of various world cultures.

15. Examine the relationship between self and the environment, evaluate potential impacts of actions, and make choices based on that examination and evaluation.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

GEOL 283 Regional Geology (5 credits)

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

GEOL& 101 Introduction to Physical Geology (5 credits)

2. Apply geologic principles and critical thinking skills to solve geologic problems such as sustainable development of resources.

3. Describe physical characteristics of minerals and rocks and identify them in order to evaluate conditions under which earth materials form.

4. Interpret maps and images in order to assess geologic processes and hazards.

5. Select and utilize appropriate tools and sources in order to access and synthesize geologic and environmental information and communicate it effectively.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

GEOL& 103 Historical Geology (5 credits)

2. Apply the scientific method and relate basic scientific concepts to geologic processes (e.g. plate tectonics or other examples).

3. Identify common rock-forming and ore minerals.

4. Explain the rock cycle and identify important igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.

5. Describe sedimentary structures, depositional environments, and stratigraphic relationships.

6. Apply the methods of relative and absolute dating of rocks and geologic events; reproduce the eras and periods of the geologic time scale.

7. Describe the formation of fossils; discuss their use in correlation and determining sedimentary environments.

8. Explain the mechanisms of biological evolution and supporting evidence.

9. Describe plate tectonic processes and explain the physical evidence that supports plate tectonic theory.

10. Discuss the formation of the universe, solar system, and planets, and discuss the supporting evidence.

11. Explain the relationship between the development of the lithosphere, atmosphere, and oceans in the Archean Eon.

12. Explain the origin and development of life in the Archean Eon.

13. Relate the major geologic events of the Proterozoic Eon to plate tectonics and the development of life.

14. Relate the development of life in the Proterozoic Eon to changes in the atmosphere and oceans.

15. Discuss the relationship between tectonic events and sedimentation in the Paleozoic Era in North America; discuss changes in world plate configurations.

16. Explain the development of life in the Paleozoic Era, including the acquisition of hard parts and the adaptations of animals and plants to life on land.

17. Relate major world and North American geologic events of the Mesozoic Era to the break-up of Pangaea.

18. Describe the rediversification of life in the Mesozoic Era following the Permian mass extinction; evaluate the current theories for Cretaceous mass extinction.

19. Summarize the major geologic and climate events of North America and the world in the Tertiary Period.

20. Describe glaciation and other important geologic events of North America and the world in the Quaternary Period; relate glacial ages to world climate changes.

21. Describe the rediversification of life in the Cenozoic Era following the Cretaceous mass extinction, and relate this to the separation of land masses.

22. Relate human lineages to primate classification; discuss the possible role of climate change in Australopithecus and Homo evolution.

23. Discuss the role of modern humans in today’s world with respect to climate change, environmental degradation, and biodiversity.

24. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Conclusions and Judgments. Combine some aspects of experience, reason, and information to make conclusions and judgments (e.g. apply the principles of relative dating and fossil succession to determine the sequence of geologic events in a region).

25. Information Competency: Evaluates Sources and Uses Tools. Evaluate and selectively use most appropriate tools and sources in order to access and manipulate geologic information, including library research, the Internet, and field research.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

GEOL& 110 Environmental Geology (5 credits)

2. Analyze the impact of population growth and human activities on the Earth’s systems (e.g. soil loss, water use, coastal development, natural resources) 3. Apply the scientific method and relate basic scientific concepts to geologic processes (e.g. plate tectonics or other examples.

4. Identify common rock-forming and ore minerals, and describe their importance to environmental geology.

5. Explain the rock cycle and identify important igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks; describe the importance of rocks to environmental geology. 6. Discuss important plate tectonic processes and explain how they relate to geologic hazards and resources.

7. Describe the origin, occurrence, and hazards of earthquakes; describe the difficulties in predicting earthquakes; evaluate the mitigation of earthquake hazards.

8. Analyze the relationship between magmas, volcanic styles, plate tectonics, and the occurrence of volcanic hazards; evaluate the prediction and mitigation of volcanic hazards.

9. Draw and describe the hydrologic cycle; relate stream dynamics and human land use to flood hazards; evaluate the prediction and mitigation of flooding hazards.

10. Analyze the effects of coastal processes and human development on coastal hazards and erosion; evaluate mitigation strategies.

11. Relate slope processes and human development to hazards from mass movement; evaluate preventive measures.

12. Discuss groundwater and surface water resources.

13. Relate weathering and soil formation to soil use and erosion problems.

14. Explain the geographic origin, supply, extraction techniques, impacts of extraction, and mitigation of impacts of mineral resources.

15. Discuss the geologic origin, supply, extraction techniques, impacts of extraction and use, and mitigation of impacts of energy resources. Compare the potential benefits of alternative energy sources.

16. Assess the geologic and political aspects of solid, liquid, hazardous, and radioactive waste disposal.

17. Evaluate human responsibility for sources and mitigation of water pollution.

18. Discuss the main concepts of other relevant special topics in environmental geology as determined by the instructor (such as global climate change, air pollution, medical geology, environmental law, land-use planning and engineering geology, meteorite impacts).

19. Interpret topographic maps, geologic maps, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery to understand geologic processes and solve geologic problems. 20. Critical Thinking: Integrate and analyze quantitative data and qualitative information and ideas in several contexts. Examines assumptions; integrates experience, reason, and information to draw scientific conclusions. Examples: map and photo interpretation, or evaluation of mitigation strategies for geologic hazards.

21. Effective Communication: Can appropriately communicate geologic or environmental data to an audience through reports or presentations.

22. Information Competency: Evaluate and selectively use appropriate tools and sources in order to access and manipulate geologic and environmental information including library research, the Internet, and field research.

23. Responsibility: Examine the relationship between self and the environment, evaluate potential impacts of actions, and make choices based on that examination and evaluation.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

GEOL& 115 Geology National Parks (5 credits)

2. Describe the difference between the National Park and Monument Systems and other related government agencies.

3. Apply the scientific method and relate basic scientific concepts to geologic processes (e.g. plate tectonics or other examples).

4. Evaluate the validity of uniformitarianism and catastrophism.

5. Use mineral properties to identify common rock-forming minerals.

6. Explain the rock cycle; classify and identify common igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.

7. Describe the origin and occurrence of plutonic and volcanic rocks in selected parks and monuments.

8. Discuss important weathering processes and explain sedimentary rock formation in selected parks and monuments.

9. Describe the origin and occurrence of metamorphic rocks in selected parks and monuments.

10. Describe plate tectonic processes.

11. Identify geologic structures. Relate the stresses created by tectonic plate movements to the formation of geologic structures in selected parks and monuments.

12. Explain and apply the methods of relative and absolute dating; and reproduce the primary subdivisions of the geologic time scale.

13. Describe the important geographic and physiographic features of the selected region parks and monuments.

14. Relate the geography and physiography of the selected parks and monuments to their climate and weather.

15. Describe the important rock and sediment units of the selected parks and monuments and discuss their origin and age.

16. Describe the important geologic structures of the selected parks and monuments and discuss their origin and age.

17. Relate the geologic history of the selected parks and monuments to important geologic processes through geologic time, and to the evolution of its present-day landscapes.

18. Assess the significance of geologic hazards of the selected parks and monuments; analyze any other pertinent interactions between humans and the environment for the selected parks and monuments.

19. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Integrate and analyze quantitative data and qualitative information in several contexts. Examine assumptions; integrate experience, reason, and information to draw scientific conclusions. Examples: map and photo interpretation, or evaluation of mitigation strategies for human impacts on the national parks.

20. Effective Communication: Appropriately communicate geologic or environmental data to an audience through reports or presentations.

21. Information Competency: Evaluate and selectively use appropriate tools and sources in order to access and manipulate geologic and environmental information including library research, the Internet, and field research with respect to the selected national parks and monuments.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

GEOL& 120 Volcanoes (5 credits)

2. Apply the scientific method and relate basic scientific concepts to geologic processes (e.g. plate tectonics).

3. Identify common rock forming minerals.

4. Use mineral properties to identify common rock-forming and ore minerals.

5. Explain the rock cycle.

6. Distinguish between mafic, intermediate, and felsic magmas based on their chemical composition, and describe the properties of each.

7. Relate important plate tectonic processes and environments to the generation of magma and to the formation and location of volcanoes.

8. Describe and analyze the origin and ascent of magmas, including various mechanisms of melting.

9. Compare magmas of varying chemistries, including evolution by partial melting and magmatic differentiation, and explain why magmas of different chemistries are produced in different tectonic settings.

10. Explain how silica and gas content control the eruptive violence of volcanoes.

11. Describe shield volcanoes in terms of landforms, lava types, and tectonic settings

12. Assess the hazards that shield volcanoes pose to humans and property, and analyze mitigating measures.

13. Describe composite volcanoes in terms of landforms, lava types, and tectonic settings.

14. Assess the hazards that composite volcanoes pose to humans and property, and analyze mitigating measures.

15. Discuss the main concepts of other relevant topics in vulcanology as determined by the instructor (such as Volcanism of a Selected Region, Submarine Volcanism, Flood Basalts, Volcanism and Mineral Resources, Volcanism and Global Climate, Volcanism and Meteor Impacts).

16. Responsibility: Recognizes Interconnectedness. See self as part of more extended humankind and global community. Describe self and others in relation to volcanic processes and hazards.

17. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Conclusions and Judgments. Combine some aspects of experience, reason, and information to make conclusions and judgments (e.g. the relationships between plate tectonics and volcano distribution).

18. Information Competency: Evaluates Sources and Uses Tools. Evaluate and selectively use most appropriate tools and sources in order to access and manipulate geologic information, including library research, the Internet, and field research.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

GEOL& 208 Geology of Pacific Northwest (5 credits)

2. Apply principles of sequence stratigraphy to the geologic development of PNW and its major rock sequences.

3. Decipher the origin of Archean crystalline basement rocks of the North American craton and related mineral resources.

4. Relate the origin of the Belt/Purcell/Deer Trail Supergroups and associated mineral resources to the tectonic regime of North America in the Proterozoic.

5. Interpret the depositional setting and assess the economic importance of the Phanerozoic cratonic sequences of North America within the PNW.

6. Compare and contrast the timing and style of deformation associated with Antler, Sevier, and Laramide Orogenies.

7. Describe and assess the economic importance of massive sulfide deposits and ophiolites as distinctive accreted rocks.

8. Relate the accretion of exotic terranes in the Mesozoic to the break-up of Pangaea and the developing collisional tectonic regime of the PNW.

9. Assess the current theories on the origin of Challis synthem arkoses and volcanics.

10. Interpret the origin of the metamorphic core complexes of the early Tertiary.

11. Discuss the deformation that affected the PNW in the early Tertiary.

12. Relate the origin of arc volcanics and granitic plutons of the Kittitas synthem to the Oligocene/early Miocene tectonic regime.

13. Describe the Miocene basalts and related strata of the Walpapi synthem and debate their origin; assess the environmental hazards of nuclear waste disposal in the Columbia River Basalt Group at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

14. Interpret the age progression of calderas from southeastern Oregon to northwestern Wyoming with respect to the Yellowstone hot spot.

15. Describe the properties of the Basin and Range Province (physical, geophysical, structural, volcanic, sedimentary) and assess its development with respect to other salient tectonic features of the North American Cordillera (San Andreas Fault, Yellowstone hot spot).

16. Describe deformational features of the late Tertiary and Quaternary Periods, and discuss current tectonic models of the PNW, and assess seismic hazards affecting the region.

17. Relate arc volcanics of the High Cascades synthem to the tectonic regime of the Quaternary, and assess volcanic hazards of the region.

18. Describe and interpret glacial features and processes of the High Cascades synthem.

19. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Integrate and analyze quantitative data and qualitative information in several contexts. Examine assumptions; integrates experience, reason, and to draw scientific conclusions. Examples: map and photo interpretation, determining rock types, relative age, and origin of rock units in the field.

20. Information Competency: Evaluates Sources and Uses Tools. Evaluate and selectively use most appropriate tools and sources in order to access and manipulate geologic information, including library research, the Internet, and field research.

21. Effective Communication: Can appropriately communicate geologic data to an audience through reports or presentations.

Degree Outcomes
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60

HSCI 101 Fundamentals of Healthcare (5 credits)

1. Describe the components of a healthcare system.
2. List the members that make up the healthcare team.
3. Assess the factors that influence access to healthcare.
4. Explain how healthcare in the United States is financed.
5. Articulate why some healthcare issues are controversial.
6. Analyze future trends in healthcare.

Core Ability: Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HSCI 220 Introduction to Public Health (5 credits)

 

Course Content
A. Epidemiology
B. Biostatistics
C. Behavioral Science and Public Health
D. Health Education
E. Environmental Influence on Health
F. Disaster Preparedness
G. Social Determinants of Health
H. Health Policy

Student Outcomes

1. Describe the steps involved in an epidemiological investigation and how epidemiology and the resulting data from that research is used to control disease
2. Describe impacts of human behavior and social determinants of health.
3. Assess public health education strategies in order to determine the most effective means of communicating health information.
4. Evaluate the connection between environmental health and public health.
5. Determine probable public health outcomes due to disasters.
6. Evaluate the effectiveness of health policy upon public health metrics.

Core Abilities: Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 168 Vietnam War as History (5 credits)

2. Analyze the differences between politics of capitalism/democracy and communism.

3. Analyze the difference between the religious systems of American and Vietnamese cultures.

4. Analyze the impact that the war in Vietnam had on the neighboring country of Cambodia.

5. Analyze the impact the War in Vietnam on the Cold War.

6. Discuss the politics of American, Chinese and North Vietnamese decisions during the conflict in order to understand the war’s end.

7. Analyze the use of the press during the conflict in order to understand America’s perception of the war in Vietnam.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory in order to analyze and interpret social phenomena.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 175 A Brief History of Global Leadership (5 credits)

B. Explain the differences and similarities of the significant challenges leaders faced.

C. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences among leaders in an historical context.

D. Analyze the efficacy of the decisions concerning both national and international challenges.

E. Discuss the historical importance of global leaders’ decisions.

F. Analyze leaders’ decisions in terms of domestic and international importance.

Degree Outcomes
Social Science: Graduates will utilize social science research methods and/or theory to analyze and interpret social phenomena.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 207 Historical Study Abroad (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political) of the culture of the visited country.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious) among different historical movements, changes and trends.

4. Identify the major problems facing the visited country today.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing recent and present trends and their possible impact on the future.

6. Compare and contrast the cultural realms of the visited country.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the visited country today and in the near future.

8. Discuss the impact of the culture visited country of the said country on the world.

9. Determine an overall plan for an even wider range of mutually beneficial ties between the U.S. and the country in question based on lessons that are drawn from history.

10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as fundamental aspects of the politics, economics, culture, education, science & technology, law, military establishment, and environment of the visit country plus its relations with the USA.

Degree Outcomes
Social Science: Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory to analyze and interpret social phenomena.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 230 Concise History of Science & Technology (5 credits)

2. Analyze the chief factors contributing to scientific and technological advances. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, ethnic, gender, religious, economic, intellectual, political) among different movements and trends that have stimulated progress in the realms of science and technology. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

4. Identify the chief benefits for humanity resulting from the advances in science and technology. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

5. Analyze the major negative aspects of and problems associated with the advances in science and technology. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentation, written assignments)

6. Draw conclusions from the past discussing recent and present trends in the evolution of science and technology and their possible impact on the future course of history. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

7. Develop a comprehensive plan that would create mutually beneficial ties between scientists and engineers from different nations, based on historical concepts studied in this course. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 260 History of Russia and the Soviet Union (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the FSU cultures.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems facing the FSU today.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing recent and present trends and their possible impact on the future.

6. Compare and contrast the cultural realms of the FSU.

7. Analyze the positions in the world of the FSU republics today and in the near future.

8. Discuss the impact of the FSU cultures on the world.

9. Determine an overall plan for an ever wider range of mutually beneficial ties between the USA and the FSU, based on lessons that are drawn from history.

10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as current developments in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of the FSU republics.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 265 History of Latin America Since 1810 (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political) of the cultures of Latin America.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, ethnic, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems facing Latin America today.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing recent and present historical trends and their possible impact on the future.

6. Compare and contrast the cultures of the region.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the countries of Latin America today and in the near future.

8. Discuss the impact of Latin America’s cultures on the world.

9. Determine an overall plan for mutually advantageous ties between the U.S. and Latin America, based on lessons that are drawn from history.

10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as current developments in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of the countries of Latin America.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 266 History of Europe Since 1870 (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political) of the cultures of Europe.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, ethnic, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious) among different historical movements, changes and trends.

4. Identify the major problems facing Europe today.

5. Draw conclusions from the past, discussing recent and present trends and their possible impact on the future.

6. Compare and contrast the cultures of the nations in Europe.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the countries of Europe today and in the near future.

8. Discuss the impact of European on Non-European cultures.

9. Determine an overall plan for mutually advantageous ties between the U.S. and Europe based on lessons that are drawn from history.

10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as current developments in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of the countries of Europe.

Degree Outcomes
Social Science: Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory to analyze and interpret social phenomena.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 268 History of Warfare (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief war-related aspects of the foreign policy doctrines of the governments involved.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, ethnic, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious) within the affected populations.

4. Identify the major problems facing the nations impacted by war.

5. Draw conclusions from the past, discussing recent and present trends and their possible influence on the wars in question.

6. Compare and contrast different types of wars.

7. Determine the best possible preventive or preemptive methods to avert or limit wars in the contemporary world.

8. Determine the best possible position of the U.S. toward ongoing wars.

9. Discuss the impact of different wars on regional and global security.

10. Discuss major features of the geography of the belligerents; fundamental aspects of the politics, economics, culture, and demography of the nations involved in wars; the evolution of tactics, strategy, and military technology; the segments of International Law dealing with wars; war-averting and peace-making efforts, and the U.S. policy toward the most significant military conflicts.

Degree Outcomes
Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures and experiences and the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to engage others with civility and empathy.

Information competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Social Sciences: Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory in order to analyze and interpret social phenomena.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 270 Introduction to the Far East (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the culture of East Asia.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems facing East Asia today.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing recent and present trends and their possible impact on the future.

6. Compare and contrast the cultural realms of East Asia.

7. Analyze the position in the world of East Asia today and in the near future.

8. Discuss the impact of East Asian cultures on the world.

9. Determine an overall plan for an even wider range of mutually beneficial ties between the U.S. and East Asia, based on lessons that are drawn from history.

10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as current developments in the political, economic, and cutltural spheres of the nations of East Asia.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 272 Survey of Middle East History (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political) of the culture of the Middle East.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, ethnic, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious) among different historical movements, changes and trends.

4. Identify the major problems facing the Middle East.

5. Draw conclusions from the past, discussing recent and present trends and their possible impact on the future.

6. Compare and contrast the cultural realms of the Middle East.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the Middle East today and in the near future.

8. Discuss the impact of the Middle East cultures on the world.

9. Determine an overall plan for mutually advantageous ties between the U.S. and the Middle East, based on lessons that are drawn from history.

10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as current developments in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of the nations of the Middle East.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 277 The Cold War (5 credits)

2. Evaluate the chief components (religious, economic, political) of the cultures of the leading nations of the world. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, ethnic, racial, gender, artistic, intellectual) among different historical movements, changes, and trends. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

4. Identify the major flash points during the Cold War. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

5. Draw conclusions from the Cold War and discuss its imprint on post-1991 historical trends and movements. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentation, written assignments)

6. Compare and contrast the cultures of the leading nations of the world during the Cold War era. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

7. Analyze the positions in the world during the Cold War and today of the principle members of the two opposing blocs. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

8. Determine an overall plan to deal with the residue and legacy of the Cold War. (objective tests, essay tests, class discussions, class presentations, written assignments)

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 280 Introduction to Chinese Civilization (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the culture of China.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems facing China today.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing recent and present trends and their possible impact on the future.

6. Compare and contrast the cultural realms of China.

7. Analyze the position in the world of China today and in the near future.

8. Discuss the impact of China’s cultures on the world.

9. Determine an overall plan for an even wider range of mutually beneficial ties between the U.S. and China, based on lessons that are drawn from history.

10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as current developments in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of China.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 284 Introduction to the Balkans (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the culture of the Balkan peoples.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems facing the Balkans today.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing recent and present trends and their possible impact on the future.

6. Compare and contrast the cultural realms of the Balkans.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the Balkans today and in the near future.

8. Discuss the impact of Balkan cultures on the world.

9. Determine an overall plan for an even wider range of mutually beneficial ties between the U.S. and the Balkans, based on lessons that are drawn from history.

10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as current developments in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of the Balkan Nations.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST 287 History of Japan Since Antiquity (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political) of the culture of Japan.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious) among different historical movements, changes and trends.

4. Identify the major problems facing Japan today.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing recent and present trends and their possible impact on the future.

6. Compare and contrast the four cultural realms of Japan.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the Empire of Japan today and in the near future.

8. Discuss the impact of Japan’s culture on the world.

9. Determine an overall plan for an even wider range of mutually beneficial ties between the U.S. and Japan, based on lessons that are drawn from history.

10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as current developments in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of Japan.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST& 126 World Civilizations I (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the cultures of selected states.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems confronting selected civilizations.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing long-lasting trends and their possible impact on current and future developments.

6. Compare and contrast the major cultural realms of the ancient and medieval world.

7. Analyze the position in the world today of nations that are heirs to ancient and medieval civilizations.

8. Discuss the impact on selected ancient and medieval cultures on the world.

9. Explain the most valuable lessons drawn from the analysis of selected ancient and medieval civilizations.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST& 127 World Civilizations II (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, poltical, etc.) of the cultures of selected states.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems confronting selected civilizations.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing long-lasting trends and their possible impact on current and future developments.

6. Compare and contrast the major cultural realms of the world during the period in question.

7. Analyze the position in the world today of nations that are heirs to civilizations that existed between 1500 and 1815.

8. Discuss the impact of selected early modern cultures on the world.

9. Explain the most valuable lessons drawn from the analysis of selected civilizations existing during the said period.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST& 128 World Civilizations III (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the cultures of selected states.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems confronting selected civilizations.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing long-lasting trends and their possible impact on current and future developments.

6. Compare and contrast the major cultural realms of the modern world.

7. Analyze the position in the world today of nations that are heirs to pre-Modern Era civilizations.

8. Discuss the impact of selected modern cultures on the world.

9. Explain the most valuable lessons drawn from the analysis of selected modern civilizations.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST& 156 History of US I (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the pre-1840 culture of the USA.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems confronting the pre-1840 USA.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing long-lasting trends and their possible impact on current and future developments.

6. Compare and contrast the cultural realms of the pre-1840 USA.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the young American nation.

8. Discuss the impact of the culture of the pre-1840 USA on the world.

9. Explain the most valuable lessons drawn from the analysis of the history of the pre-1840 USA.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST& 157 History of US II (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the culture of the USA between 1840 and 1900.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems confronting the USA between 1840 and 1860.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing long-lasting trends and their possible impact on current and future developments.

6. Compare and contrast the major cultural realms of the USA between 1840 and 1900.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the American nation between 1840 and 1900.

8. Discuss the impact of the culture of the USA on the world during the said period.

9. Explain the most valuable lessons drawn from the analysis of the history of the USA during the period in question.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST& 158 History of US III (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the culture of the USA since 1900.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems confronting the USA since 1900.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing long-lasting trends and their possible impact on current and future developments.

6. Compare and contrast the major cultural realms of the USA since 1900.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the American nation during the said period.

8. Discuss the impact of the culture of the USA on the world since 1900.

9. Explain the most valuable lessons drawn from the analysis of the history of the USA during the period in question.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST& 159 History of US IV (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the culture of the USA since 1939.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems confronting the USA since 1939.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing long-lasting trends and their possible impact on current and future developments.

6. Compare and contrast the major cultural realms of the USA since 1939.

7. Analyze the position in the world of the American nation during the said period.

8. Discuss the impact of the culture of the USA on the world since 1939.

9. Explain the most valuable lessons drawn from the analysis of the history of the USA during the period in question.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HIST& 214 Pacific Northwest History (5 credits)

2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the culture of the Pacific Northwest.

3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.

4. Identify the major problems confronting the Pacific Northwest.

5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing long-lasting trends and their possible impact on current and future developments.

6. Compare and contrast the major cultural realms of the Pacific Northwest.

7. Analyze the position in North America of the Pacific Northwest.

8. Discuss the impact of the culture of the Pacific Northwest on the rest of North America.

9. Explain the most valuable lessons drawn from the analysis of the history of the Pacific Northwest.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HSEM 102 Introduction to Homeland Security Emergency Management (5 credits)

Apply effective interpersonal communication, critical thinking and decision-making skills commensurate with a defined level of responsibility. 

Define the interdisciplinary nature of Homeland Security/Emergency Management functions and be able to assess and integrate various functional areas. 

Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in emergency management, homeland security, and/or public policy.   

Core Abilities

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. 

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HSEM 105 Concepts, Policy & Doctrine for Tribal Emergency Management (5 credits)

2. Identify the various roles and responsibilities of Emergency Management Professionals.

3. Describe the laws and policies that effectuate Tribal Emergency Management.

4. Describe Hazard Mitigation requirements and Techniques.

5. Describe the Disaster Declaration Process as applicable to federally recognized Native American Tribes.

Degree Outcomes
1. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

2. Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.

3. Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

HSEM 110 Basic Incident Command System/National Incident Management System (2 credits)

2.Identify five major management functions.

3.Explain the roles and responsibilities of the Incident Commander and Command Staff.

4.Determine when it is appropriate to institute a Unified or Area Command.

5.Describe the Public Information Systems required by NIMS.

6.Evaluate ways in which NIMS can affect how jurisdictions prepare for incidents and events.

7.Describe how NIMS affects the way resources are managed.

8.Describe the advantages of common communication and information management standards.

9.Explain how NIMS will influence technology and technological systems required for emergency response.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Program Outcome: Graduates apply effective interpersonal communication, critical thinking and decision-making skills commensurate with a defined level of responsibility.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

HSEM 111 Tribal Incident Management Systems (2 credits)

2. Identify commonly utilized Incident Management Structures in Indian Country.

3. Describe the various roles and responsibilities of an Incident Commander and Command Staff.

4. Determine the timing and procedures required for instituting Unified Command or Unified Area Command

5. Describe challenges associated with Incident Management Structures between tribal and non-tribal boundaries.

6. Identify Communications, Logistics and Technology requirements that can enhance Incident Management in Indian Country.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

HSEM 120 All Hazards Emergency Planning (3 credits)

2. Explore the components of an emergency plan, principles that guide the planning process and resources/national standards that can be used in the planning process.

3. Explain the impacts of disasters on people’s mental and physical health.

4. Determine how to staff and organize, motivate and prepare a team to respond well in emergencies.

5. Identify the basis for estimating hazard exposure.

6. Identify and define the principle components of consequence analysis.

7. Outline the elements of a basic Emergency Operation Plan (EOP).

8. Develop an Emergency Operation Plan.

9. Prepare warning message content for special needs populations.

10. Explore ways to design and create a hazard mitigation program.

11. Identify methods of effective risk communication.

12. Explore the history of federal emergency planning mandates and how they are developed.

Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Program Outcome: Graduates recognize how to access and disseminate information through multiple agencies in order to forecast the risks, types, and orders of magnitude of terrorist threats most likely to confront the nation/state.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

HSEM 121 Planning for Tribal Emergency Management (3 credits)

2. Describe the components of an emergency management plan and principles that guide the planning process.

3. Outline the elements of a Basic Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).

4. Develop a sample EOP for a tribal government.

5. Prepare warning messages for vulnerable populations within a tribe (Ex. Tribal Elders)

6. Identify federal planning mandates that should be examined and considered for tribal emergency management.

Degree Outcomes
1. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

2. Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.

3. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

4. Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Program Outcomes:

1. Interpret ethical and legal issues that impact emergency management and homeland security.

2. Define the interdisciplinary nature of Homeland Security/Emergency Management functions and be able to assess and integrate various functional areas.

3. Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in emergency management, homeland security, and/or public policy.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30