Course Description: Surface ice rescue support functions at the 'operations' level as set forth in NFPA 1670 including preplanning, scene and victim assessment, shore-based rescue operations and IMS.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Meeting Times:
Days: MT
Times: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Campus: Main Campus
Building: Fire Science Building
Room: FS112
Days: W
Times: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Campus: Main Campus
Building: Fire Science Building
Room: FS112
Course Description: Primary surface ice rescue functions at the 'technician' level as set forth in NFPA 1670 including ice rescue incident preplanning, ice rescue incident scene management, performance of ice rescue procedures utilizing equipment unique to ice rescue.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Meeting Times:
Days: W
Times: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Campus: Main Campus
Building: Fire Science Building
Room: FS112
Days: R
Times: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Course Description: World Geography takes students on a tour of the world. Learn the main concepts geographers use to understand physical and human geography, such as maps, population growth, migration, climate, culture, geopolitics, and economic development. Those concepts are then applied to each region of the world in turn. Gain an understanding of how regions are different from each other, as well as how globalization is drawing people closer together.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Economic, political, social and intellectual development of the United States from the Civil War to the present with emphasis on growth of democracy, free enterprise system, welfare programs, civil rights, needs and contributions of minority groups, foreign policy and national defense.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Elements of medical language including common abbreviations. Emphasis is placed on spelling, pronunciation, correct usage, and meaning relating to body systems, medical science, and medical specialties.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Study of microcomputer including word processing, spreadsheets, database, necessary hardware concepts and terminology.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: Microcomputers and various software applications; hardware and software selection, integration, and implementation; fundamentals of operating systems, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and computer problem solving.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.
Course Description: Introduction to relational database concepts and terminology; basic database skills including creating, using and modifying tables, queries, forms and reports.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Repeatable once for graduation credit if using a different software package.Students must be able use computer independently (understand general computer concepts, terminology, and operations).
Course Description: Advanced database skills including importing and exporting; creating advanced queries, forms, reports, data access pages and macros; managing the database.
Course Notes: IS201 Database I with a grade of C or better.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Repeatable once for graduation credit if using a different software package.
Course Description: Theory of equations, functions, inverse functions, complex numbers, determinants and matrices. Recommended for students majoring in Pre-Health, Science, Engineering, Architecture, Math, and Business.
Course Notes: HS GPA over 3.25, or Accuplacer NextGen QuantReason, Alg,Stats Score 263 or Above, or ACT Math Score of 22 or Higher.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: HS GPA of 3.25 and B- or higher in second semester of Algebra 2, or ACT Math score of 22 or higher, or Accuplacer Math score of 263 or higher, or successful completion of MA108 or MA117.
Course Description: This course examines theory, applications, and operation of industrial hydraulic and pneumatic systems. The inspection, maintenance and repair of the various components are covered in this course. Interpretation of the various schematic symbols used in hydraulic and pneumatic circuit diagrams will be discussed.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Brooks Trade Center Industrial Electrical Technology students ONLY.
Course Description: Basic mechanical skills required for the installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of mechanical industrial equipment as well as preventive maintenance techniques.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: McPherson area high school & post-secondary students enrolled in the Industrial Mechanical Maintenance/Industrial Electrical Technology program ONLY.
Course Description: In video production techniques students will hold various roles including director, producer and production crew members while handling talent, blocking scenes, dealing with composition, lighting, staging, sound scripting and sequencing of shots. Site selection, studio and location shots, production breaks, shooting schedules, various modes of production and the importance of individual reliability will also be considered.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Hutchinson High School Students Only.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Hutchinson High School Students Only.
Course Description: Elements of musical understanding and the study of representative compositions.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: For non-music majors only.
Course Description: This training prepares students for the S (School Bus) and P (Passenger) Commercial Driver's License endorsements.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 0.00
Section Notes: Students are in PI117A on first 2 days (Thurs. & Fri.) only. Remainder of time is spent drive training to prepare for test.
Course Description: This class covers theory and practice of modern animal artificial insemination and basic reproduction management.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 0.00
Course Description: Techniques and coaching procedures, organization and promotion, international aspects and physical fitness.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: A survey of the main areas of philosophy, including ethics, epistemology, aesthetics, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, Eastern philosophies, and introduction to philosophical methods. Evaluation of philosophical problems, concepts, and arguments, including the problem of free will, meaning in life, and the mind/body problem. Construction and critical analysis of philosophical arguments in written form.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: The dynamics of moral decision-making with consideration of major ethical systems and their philosophical foundations.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Cultural, philosophical, historical, religious, spiritual, and personal exploration of dying as a universal human experience; legal regulations, practices, and attitudes towards death and dying in America.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00