Catalog & Student Handbook 2021-2022

Apr 29, 2024

Catalog & Student Handbook 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Course Numbers:

Courses numbered 01-09 are freshman level courses for the Developmental program and for the occupational programs. They are not applicable toward an associate degree.

Courses numbered 10-99 are basic occupational courses for the diploma and certificate programs. They are not applicable toward an associate degree.

Courses numbered 100-199 are freshman level courses applicable toward an associate degree. They may also be used in certificate and diploma programs.

Courses numbered 200-299 are sophomore level courses applicable toward an associate degree.

Course Credits:

The credit for each course is indicated after the title in the course description. One credit is equivalent to one collegiate semester hour credit.

Course Hours:

The number of lecture hours in class each week (including lecture, seminar, and discussion hours) and/or the number of laboratory hours in class each week (including laboratory, shop, supervised practice, and cooperative work experiences) are indicated for each course in the course description. The number of lecture and laboratory hours in class each week are also called “contact” hours because it is time spent under the direct supervision of a faculty member. In addition to the lecture and laboratory hours in class each week as listed in the course description, each student also must spend some time on out-of-class assignments under his or her own direction. Usually each credit per course requires an average of three hours of in-class and out-of-class work each week for 15 weeks.

Prerequisites:

If any are required before enrolling in a course, these prerequisites will be identified in the course description. Courses in special sequences (usually identified by the numeral I-II-III) require that prior courses or their equivalent be completed before enrolling for a course; usually the corequisites must be taken at the same time. The prerequisites or their equivalent must be completed before enrolling in a course unless special permission is obtained from the Vice President of Instruction, academic dean, and the instructor of the course.

The college reserves the right to change, to delete, or to substitute courses or programs at any time.

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Psychology
	PSY 195 Topics in Psychology 3 credits Lecture: 3 Total: 3 Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students. May be used also for special honors courses. 3 credits May be repeated for credit.
	PSY 200 Principles of Psychology 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Surveys the basic concepts of psychology. Covers the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, research methods and measurement, theoretical perspectives, and application. Includes biological bases of behavior, learning, social interactions, memory, and personality; and other topics such as sensation, perception, consciousness, thinking, intelligence, language, motivation, emotion, health, development, psychological disorders, and therapy. Establishes a transfer social science elective that makes students aware of the basic concepts of psychology. This is a Passport Transfer course effective 8/1/19. Prerequisite(s): Readiness to enroll in ENG 111.
	PSY 215 Abnormal Psychology 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Explores historical views and current perspectives of abnormal behavior. Emphasizes major diagnostic categories and criteria, individual and social factors of maladaptive behavior, and types of therapy. Includes methods of clinical assessment and research strategies. Prerequisite(s): PSY 200 . PSY 201 or PSY 202.
	PSY 216 Social Psychology 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Examines individuals in social contexts, their social roles, group processes and intergroup relations. Includes topics such as small group behavior, social behavior, social cognition, conformity, attitudes, and motivation. This is a Passport Transfer couirse. Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week. 3 credits
	PSY 230 Developmental Psychology 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Studies the development of the individual from conception to death. Follows a life-span perspective on the development of the person’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth.
	PSY 235 Child Psychology 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Studies development of the child from conception to adolescence. Investigates physical, intellectual, social and emotional factors involved in the child’s growth.
Physical Therapist Assistant
	PTH 105 Introduction to Physical Therapist Assisting 3 credits Lecture: 1 per week Laboratory: 4 per week Total: 5 per week Introduces the physical therapist assistant student to the field of physical therapy practice and develops basic patient care skills for application in the initial clinical setting. Corequisite(s): PTH 110 .
	PTH 110 Medical Reporting 2 credits Lecture: 2 per week Emphasizes the principles of medical reporting, including the ability to abstract pertinent information from actual medical records. Includes the writing of patient progress notes in standardized formats and medical terminology. Corequisite(s): PTH 105 .
	PTH 115 Kinesiology for the Physical Therapist Assistant 4 credits Lecture: 2 per week Laboratory: 4 per week Total: 6 per week Focuses on the relationship of specific joint structure and function, the role of individual muscles and groups of muscles and neurologic principles in both normal and pathological movement. The course includes a review of basic physics and biomechanical principles as applied to human movement. Specific posture and gait analysis are also included. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 ; Corequisite(s): PTH 151 .
	PTH 121 Therapeutic Procedures I 5 credits Lecture: 3 per week Laboratory: 4 per week Total: 7 per week Prepares students to properly and safely administer basic physical therapy procedures utilized by physical therapist assistants. The procedures include therapeutic modalities. Procedures may include therapeutic exercise, electrotherapy and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 7 hours per week. I of II. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 ; Corequisite(s): PTH 151 .
	PTH 122 Therapeutic Procedures II 5 credits Lecture: 3 per week Laboratory: 4 per week Total: 7 per week Prepares students to properly and safely administer basic physical therapy procedures utilized by physical therapist assistants. The procedures include therapeutic modalities. Procedures may include therapeutic exercise, electrotherapy and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. II of II. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 , PTH 115 , PTH 121 , and PTH 151 .
	PTH 131 Clinical Education 2 credits Laboratory: 10 per week Provides supervised instruction in the delivery of physical therapy in one of various clinical settings. Emphasizes the practice of all therapeutic skills learned in the first year, including direct patient care skills and all forms of communication. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 , PTH 115 , PTH 121 , and PTH 151 .
	PTH 151 Musculoskeletal Structure and Function 5 credits Lecture: 3 per week Laboratory: 4 per week Total: 7 per week Studies the human musculoskeletal system. Terms of position and movement, location and identification of specific bony landmarks, joint structure and design, ligaments, muscle origin, action and innervation, types of contraction are emphasized. Prerequisite(s): BIO 141 , PTH 105 , PTH 110 ; Corequisite(s): PTH 115 , BIO 142 .
	PTH 210 Psychological Aspects of Therapy 2 credits Lecture: 2 per week Focuses on the psychological reactions and sociological impact of illness and injury in clients and their families, and among health care givers who work with them. Examines individual self-identity and the nature of changing client/therapist relations across the life span. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PSY 230 .
	PTH 225 Rehabilitation Procedures 5 credits Lecture: 3 per week Laboratory: 4 per week Total: 7 per week Focuses on treatment techniques typical of long-term rehabilitation, e.g. the rehabilitation of congenital and neurological disorders and disfigurement associated with chronic injury and disease. Fundamental concepts related to neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neural control, growth and development and neurorehab principles and other specialized techniques are emphasized. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 , PTH 115 , PTH 121 , PTH 151 , PTH 210 , and PTH 227 . Corequisite(s): PTH 122 , PTH 226 .
	PTH 226 Therapeutic Exercise 4 credits Lecture: 3 per week Laboratory: 2 per week Total: 5 per week Emphasizes the basic principles underlying different approaches to exercise including rationale for treatment and teaching home programs. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 , PTH 115 , PTH 121 , PTH 151 , PTH 210 , and PTH 227 . Corequisite(s): PTH 122 ,
	PTH 227 Pathological Conditions 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Presents specific pathologic conditions commonly seen in physical therapy. Emphasizes musculoskeletal and neurological system conditions, and all major body systems are represented. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 , PTH 115 , and PTH 151 .
	PTH 245 Professional Issues 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Examines the health care delivery system with regard to the current practice environment, federal and state influences, laws and regulations, practice guidelines and ethical considerations which affect the practice of physical therapy. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 , PTH 115 , PTH 121 , PTH 122 , PTH 151 , PTH 210 , PTH 226 , and PTH 227 . Corequisite(s): PTH 225 .
	PTH 251 Clinical Practicum I 3 credits Laboratory: 15 per week Provides instruction in local health care facilities in the actual administration of physical therapy treatments under the supervision of licensed physical therapists. Provides experience in a variety of clinical settings. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 , PTH 115 , PTH 121 , PTH 151 , PTH 210 , and PTH 227 . Corequisite(s): PTH 122 , PTH 226 .
	PTH 252 Clinical Practicum II 4 credits Laboratory: 16 per week Provides instruction in local health care facilities in the actual administration of physical therapy treatments under the supervision of licensed physical therapists. Provides experience in a variety of clinical settings. Prerequisite(s): PTH 105 , PTH 110 , PTH 115 , PTH 121 , PTH 122 , PTH 151 , PTH 210 , PTH 226 , and PTH 227 . Corequisite(s): PTH 225 and PTH 245 .
Real Estate
	REA 100 Principles of Real Estate 4 credits Lecture: 4 Total: 4 Examines practical applications of real estate principles. Includes a study of titles, estates, land descriptions, contracts, legal instruments and concepts, real estate mathematics, financing, agency, appraisal, fair housing, and management of real estate. Lecture 4 hours per week. 4 credits
Religion
	REL 200 Survey of the Old Testament 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Surveys books of the Old Testament, with emphasis on prophetic historical books. Examines the historical and geographical setting and place of the Israelites in the ancient Middle East as background to the writings.
	REL 210 Survey of the New Testament 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Surveys the books of the New Testament, with special attention upon placing the writings within their historical and geographical setting.
	REL 230 Religions of the World 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Introduces the religions of the world with attention to origin, history, and doctrine.
Russian
	RUS 101 Beginning Russian I 4 credits Lecture: 4 Total: 4 Develops the understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of Russian, and emphasizes the structure of the language. May include oral drill and practice. Lecture 4 hours per week. 4 credits Part I of II
	RUS 102 Beginning Russian II 4 credits Lecture: 4 Total: 4 Develops the understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of Russian, and emphasizes the structure of the language. May include oral drill and practice. Lecture 4 hours per week. 4 credits Part II of II.
Safety
	SAF 126 Principles of Industrial Safety 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Teaches principles and practices of accident prevention, analysis of accident causes, mechanical safeguards, fire prevention, housekeeping, occupational diseases, first aid, safety organization, protection equipment, and general safety principles and promotions.
	SAF 127 Industrial Safety 2 credits Lecture: 2 Total: 2 Provides basic understanding of safety and health in an industrial situation. Includes hazardous materials, substances, conditions, activities and habits as well as the prescribed methods and equipment needed for the apprentice to protect himself/herself and others. Lecture 2 hours per week.
	SAF 130 Industrial Safety OSHA 10 1 credits Lecture: 11 Total: 1 Presents an introduction to occupational health and safety and its application in the workplace. Emphasizes safety standards and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), its rules and regulations (OSHA 10). Lecture 1 hour per week. 1 credits
Social Science
	SSC 115 Introduction to Global Affairs 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Surveys wide range of global topics: previous periods of globalization, international organizations and law, transnational corporations and global economy, immigration and refugees, world environmental concerns, world culture, war and peace, paradoxical presence of nationalism and fundamentalism in global world, and antiglobalization movement.
Sociology
	SOC 200 Principles of Sociology 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Introduces fundamentals of social life. Presents significant research and theory in areas such as culture, social structure, socialization, deviance, social stratification, and social institutions.
	SOC 215 Sociology of the Family 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Studies topics such as marriage and family in social and cultural context. Addresses the single scene, dating and marriage styles, child-rearing, husband and wife interaction, single-parent families, and alternative lifestyles.
	SOC 250 Sociology of Sport 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Provides the student with a better understanding of the social processes involved in sports. Looks at how the media, community, tradition, and privilege play an integral role in the participation of sporting events. Covers why sports exist, who plays sports, and what will become of sports in the future.
Spanish
	SPA 101 Beginning Spanish I 4 credits Lecture: 4 per week Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic Spanish sentence structure. May include an additional of oral drill and practice per week. May include one additional of oral practice per week. I of II.
	SPA 102 Beginning Spanish II 4 credits Lecture: 4 per week Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic Spanish sentence structure. May include an additional of oral drill and practice per week. May include one additional of oral practice per week. II of II.
	SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. May include oral drill and practice. May include one additional of oral practice per week. I of II. Prerequisite(s): SPA 102 or equivalent.
	SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. May include oral drill and practice. May include one additional of oral practice per week. II of II. Prerequisite(s): SPA 102 or equivalent.
Student Development
	SDV 100 College Success Skills 1 credits Lecture: 1 per week Assists students in transition to college. Provides overviews of college policies, procedures, curricular offerings. Encourages contacts with other students and staff. Assists students toward college success through information regarding effective study habits, career and academic planning, and other college resources available to students. May include English and math placement testing. Strongly recommended for beginning students. Required for graduation.
	SDV 101 Orientation to a Discipline 1 credits Lecture: 1 per week Introduces students to the skills which are necessary to achieve their academic goals, to services offered at the college and to the discipline in which they are enrolled. Covers topics such as services at the college including the learning resources center; counseling and advising; listening, test taking, and study skills; and topical areas which are applicable to their particular discipline.
	SDV 104 Study Skills 2 credits Lecture: 2 per week Assists students in planning strategies to overcome nonproductive study habits and in implementing positive study behaviors. Includes management, memory improvement, note taking, and test taking.
	SDV 108 College Survival Skills 2 credits Lecture: 2 per week Provides an orientation to the college. Introduces study skills, career and life planning. Offers an opportunity to engage in activities aimed at self-discovery. Emphasizes development of “coping skills” such as listening, interpersonal relations, competence, and improved self-concept. Recommended for students enrolled in developmental courses.
	SDV 110 Orientation to Teaching as a Profession 3 credits Lecture: 3 per week Introduces students to a career in teaching and education by allowing students to experience the components of the learner, the school environment and the classroom teaching environment. Utilizes the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow/Teacher Cadet curriculum. Students participate in a 15-student teaching internship in a classroom at one of the levels between Kindergarten and Grade 9.
Travel and Tourism
	TRV 100 Introduction to the Travel Industry 3 credits Lecture: 3 Total: 3 Presents an overview of the structure and scope of the travel industry with emphasis on job categories and functions, basic vocabulary, and the interrelationships of the various components. Includes the study of information displays of airline computer reservation system. Lecture 3 hours per week. 3 credits
Welding
	WEL 100 Fundamentals of Welding 3 credits Lecture: 2 per week Laboratory: 3 per week Total: 5 per week Introduces electric and gas welding and cutting. Provides fundamental principles of joining ferrous and non-ferrous metals, welding and cutting processes, equipment operation, and safety procedures with emphasis upon welding and cutting procedures.
	WEL 117 Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting 4 credits Lecture: 2 per week Laboratory: 6 per week Total: 8 per week Introduces history of oxyacetylene welding, principles of welding an cutting, nomenclature of the equipment, development of the puddle, running flat beads, and butt welding in different positions. Explains silver brazing, silver and soft soldering, and safety procedures in the use of tools and equipment.
	WEL 120 Introduction to Welding 2 credits Lecture: 1 Laboratory: 3 per week Total: 3 per week Introduces history of welding processes. Covers types of equipment, and assembly of units. Stresses welding procedures such as fusion, non-fusion, and cutting oxyacetylene. Introduces arc welding. Emphasizes procedures in the use of tools and equipment.
	WEL 123 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Basic) 3 credits Lecture: 2 per week Laboratory: 3 per week Total: 3 per week Teaches operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.
	WEL 124 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Advanced) 3 credits Lecture: 2 per week Laboratory: 3 per week Total: 5 per week Continues instruction in operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.
	WEL 126 Pipe Welding 3 credits Lecture: 2 per week Laboratory: 3 per week Total: 5 per week Teaches metal arc welding processes including the welding of pressure piping in the horizontal, vertical, and horizontal-fixed positions in accordance with section IX of the ASME Code.
	WEL 130 Inert Gas Welding 4 credits Lecture: 2 per week Laboratory: 6 per week Total: 8 per week Introduces practical operations in the uses of inert-gas shield arc welding. Discusses equipment, safety operations, welding practice in various positions, process applications, and manual and semi-automatic welding.
	WEL 141 Welding Qualification Tests 3 credits Lecture: 2 Laboratory: 3 Total: 3 Studies techniques and practices of testing welded joints through destructive and non-destructive testing. Part I of II. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5hours per week.
	WEL 142 Welder Qualification Tests II 3 credits Lecture: 2 Laboratory: 3 Total: 3 Studies techniques and practices of testing welded joints through destructive and non-destructive testing. Part II of II. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per
	WEL 145 Welding Metallurgy 3 credits Lecture: 2 per week Laboratory: 3 per week Total: 5 per week Studies steel classifications, heat treatment procedures, properties of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Discusses techniques and practices of testing welded joints and destructive/nondestructive, visual magnetic and flourescent testing.
	WEL 150 Welding Drawing and Interpretation 3 credits Lecture: 3 Laboratory: 0 Total: 3 Teaches fundamentals required for successful drafting as applied to the welding industry. Includes blueprint reading, geometric principles of drafting and freehand sketching, basic principles of orthographic projection, preparation of drawings and interpretation of symbols.
	WEL 160 Gas Metal Arc Welding 3 credits Lecture: 1 Laboratory: 4 Total: 3 Introduces semi-automatic welding processes with emphasis on practical application. Includes the study of filler wires, fluxes, and gases. Lecture 1 hours. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
	WEL 161 Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) 3 credits Lecture: 2 Laboratory: 3 Total: 3 Introduces flux cored semi-automatic welding processes with emphasis on practical application. Includes the study of filler wires, fluxes, and gases. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
	WEL 164 Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) 3 credits Lecture: 2 Laboratory: 3 Total: 3 Introduces practical operations in the use of tungsten arc welding and equipment. Studies equipment operation setup, safety, and practice of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG). Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
	WEL 166 Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) 3 credits Lecture: 2 Laboratory: 3 Total: 3 Continues practical operations in the use of tungsten arc welding and equipment. Studies equipment operation setup, safety, and practice of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG). Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): WEL 164
	WEL 235 Advanced Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) 3 credits Lecture: 1 Laboratory: 6 Total: 3 Continues the study of Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), wire feed welding, Metal Inert Gas (MIG) using spray transfer, pulsed GMAW, short circuit transfer, and flux cored wire on various metals and joint designs. Focuses on developing GMAW skills with practice and instruction in these advanced processes. Lecture 1 hour, Laboratory 6 hours, Total 7 hours per week.

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Course Descriptions

PSY 195 Topics in Psychology

PSY 200 Principles of Psychology

PSY 215 Abnormal Psychology

PSY 216 Social Psychology

PSY 230 Developmental Psychology

PSY 235 Child Psychology

PTH 105 Introduction to Physical Therapist Assisting

PTH 110 Medical Reporting

PTH 115 Kinesiology for the Physical Therapist Assistant

PTH 121 Therapeutic Procedures I

PTH 122 Therapeutic Procedures II

PTH 131 Clinical Education

PTH 151 Musculoskeletal Structure and Function

PTH 210 Psychological Aspects of Therapy

PTH 225 Rehabilitation Procedures

PTH 226 Therapeutic Exercise

PTH 227 Pathological Conditions

PTH 245 Professional Issues

PTH 251 Clinical Practicum I

PTH 252 Clinical Practicum II

REA 100 Principles of Real Estate

REL 200 Survey of the Old Testament

REL 210 Survey of the New Testament

REL 230 Religions of the World

RUS 101 Beginning Russian I

RUS 102 Beginning Russian II

SAF 126 Principles of Industrial Safety

SAF 127 Industrial Safety

SAF 130 Industrial Safety OSHA 10

SSC 115 Introduction to Global Affairs

SOC 200 Principles of Sociology

SOC 215 Sociology of the Family

SOC 250 Sociology of Sport

SPA 101 Beginning Spanish I

SPA 102 Beginning Spanish II

SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish

SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish

SDV 100 College Success Skills

SDV 101 Orientation to a Discipline

SDV 104 Study Skills

SDV 108 College Survival Skills

SDV 110 Orientation to Teaching as a Profession

TRV 100 Introduction to the Travel Industry

WEL 100 Fundamentals of Welding

WEL 117 Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting

WEL 120 Introduction to Welding

WEL 123 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Basic)

WEL 124 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Advanced)

WEL 126 Pipe Welding

WEL 130 Inert Gas Welding

WEL 141 Welding Qualification Tests

WEL 142 Welder Qualification Tests II

WEL 145 Welding Metallurgy

WEL 150 Welding Drawing and Interpretation

WEL 160 Gas Metal Arc Welding

WEL 161 Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)

WEL 164 Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)

WEL 166 Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)

WEL 235 Advanced Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)