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Course Descriptions

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUL 2241 3 hrs., 3 crs.
Business Law
A survey course of the legal setting in which business operates. Emphasis on public and regulatory law and on social, political, and ethical aspects of legal issues in business. Areas covered include administrative law, antitrust law, contracts, torts, employment law, and related topics. (Check with your adviser about university transfer requirement.)
 
GEB 1011  3 hrs., 3 crs.
Introduction to Business
An introductory course providing an opportunity to survey the fields of business covering topics such as the nature of business, types of business organization and ownership, physical aspects, business procedures, interrelationships between phases of business.
 
HFT 1700 3 hrs., 3 crs.
Culinary and Travel Elements for Business
Introduction to travel, world cuisines and beverages, business etiquette, and dining etiquette.
 
#GEB 1136 3 hrs., 3 crs.
Foundations in e-Business $12.00 lab fee
This course is designed to introduce students to the multi-faceted aspects of electronic business operations.  This course provides a framework for students to use in the analysis and formulation of electronic business solutions.  Electronic business is an area that impacts many different disciplines of study, such as accounting, business law, information systems, marketing, and management.
 
#GEB 2138  3 hrs., 3 crs.
E-Business Law and Ethics
This course focuses on legal and ethical issues involved in forming and operating web-based companies.
 
#GEB 2139 3 hrs., 3 crs.
E-Business Management
Prerequisite: GEB 1136
This course includes the applications, principles, and concepts of business transactions that take place via electronic communication networks.  Specific emphasis will be placed on the process of buying and selling goods and services, and the information over computer networks.

CHEMISTRY

CHM 1032 3 hrs., 3 crs.
General, Organic, Biochemistry
This course covers fundamental topics in general and organic chemistry and selected topics in biochemistry.
 
CHM 1032L 2 hrs., 1 cr.
General, Organic, Biochemistry Laboratory $35.00 lab fee
Prerequisite or Corequisite: CHM 1032 or CHM 1040.
This course involves a series of “at home” activities using a kit supplied by the college and additional chemicals and materials commonly found in the home.  Laboratory reports will be communicated via the Internet.  Topics in physical and chemical properties, colloids, and solutions, electrolytes, pH and buffers, properties of organic compounds, and characteristics of amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids will be addressed.
 
CHM 1040 3 hrs., 3 crs.
Fundamentals of Chemistry
Prerequisite:  Satisfactory mathematics placement on the College-Level Placement Test or completion of MAT 1033 with a minimum grade of “C.”
This course covers the fundamentals of chemistry with emphasis on descriptive chemistry.  It includes topics in equations, stoichiometry, the Periodic Table, gas laws, nuclear chemistry, acids-bases, pH, and selected topics in carbon chemistry.  (This course does not meet the chemistry requirement for science majors.)
 
CHM 1040L 2 hrs., 1 cr.
Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory $35.00 lab fee
This course introduces students to safety in the laboratory, fundamental chemistry laboratory processes, procedures, techniques, and equipment appropriate for the beginning student.  It explores basic chemical and physical properties and changes, types of chemical reactions, behavior of gases, stoichiometric application, simple equilibria, and fundamentals of quantitative analysis.
 
CHM 1045 3 hrs., 3 crs.
General Chemistry
Prerequisites: CHM 1040 or consent of the instructor; College-level reading placement; MAC 1105. Corequisites: CHM 1045L and MAC 1140. Topics covered are chemical calculations, inorganic nomenclature, chemical reactions, thermochemistry, gases, atomic structure, configurations, periodicity, oxidation-reduction, and chemical bonding, including MO and VSEPR theory.
 
CHM 1045L 3 hrs., 1 cr.
General Chemistry Laboratory $30.00 lab fee
Corequisite:  CHM 1045.
This course explores chemical and physical properties of substances, types of chemical reactions, energy changes, chemical separations, and quantitative analysis procedures.  Designed to accompany the lecture, this laboratory enhances the student’s understanding of the lecture topics and teaches basic chemical laboratory techniques.
 
CHM 1046  3 hrs., 3 crs.
General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis
Prerequisites:  MAC 1140 and CHM 1045 or the equivalent. Corequisite: CHM 1046L. Topics include solids, liquids, gases, colligative properties, kinetics, gaseous equilibria, nuclear chemistry, weak electrolyte equilibria, solubility equilibria, entropy, free energy, and electrochemistry.
 
CHM 1046L 6 hrs., 2 crs.
General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis Laboratory $30.00 lab fee
Corequisite: CHM 1046.
The first half of this course emphasizes quantitative analysis techniques to expand the student’s knowledge of oxidation-reduction, gravimetric analysis, colligative properties, reaction rates, electrochemistry, chemical equilibrium and electrolytes.  The second half of this course focuses on the chemical and physical techniques to identify unknown substances.  Designed to accompany the lecture, this laboratory enhances the student’s understanding of the lecture topics and teaches basic chemical laboratory techniques.
 
CHM 2210 3 hrs., 3 crs.
Organic Chemistry I
Prerequisite: CHM 1046. Corequisite: CHM 2210L. A course in reactions, preparations, nomenclature, stereochemistry, conjugation, resonance, nucleophilic aliphatic substitutions, and elimination in alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, and cyclics; with an extensive introduction to organic synthesis.
 
CHM 2210L 4 hrs., 2 crs.
Organic Chemistry I Laboratory $50.00 lab fee
Corequisite: CHM 2210.
An accompanying course to Organic Chemistry I.  Designed to accompany the lecture.  This laboratory enhances the student’s understanding of lecture topics and teaches basic organic laboratory techniques.
 
CHM 2211 4 hrs., 4 crs.
Organic Chemistry II
Prerequisite: CHM 2210. Corequisite: CHM 2211L
A course covering the reactions, preparations, nomenclature, stereochemistry, conjugation, and resonance in aromatic and carbonyl compounds, amines, heterocyclics, phenols, and their derivatives; including organic synthesis and a comprehensive in-depth study of organic spectroscopy.
 
CHM 2211L 3 hrs., 1 cr.
Organic Chemistry II Laboratory $50.00 lab fee
Corequisite: CHM 2211.
An accompanying course to Organic Chemistry II.  Designed to accompany the lecture.  This laboratory enhances the student’s understanding of lecture topics and teaches basic organic laboratory techniques.
 
# Applies only to A.S. degree, A.A.S. degree, and certificate programs.
+ Minimum grade of "C" required.
= PSAV course.

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