Course Description: Roles and responsibilities of a Firing Boss, Single Resource (FIRB), and duties of other personnel who may engage firing operations. Discuss and illustrate common firing devices and techniques.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Study of the dynamic chemical process of fire and how to successfully extinguish it.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Knowledge and skills first-responding firefighters and EMS personnel need to safely respond to routine and non-routine emergencies that may involve hazardous materials. This includes knowledge and skills to understand what hazardous materials are and the risk associated with them in an incident; recognize the presence of hazardous materials in an emergency; understand the role of the emergency responder at the operations level and understand the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Current Emergency Response Guidebook.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Rapid entry team training involves training in personal protective equipment, and any specialized rescue equipment needed to rescue emergency responders that are in jeopardy. In addition, this course emphasizes techniques involved in self-rescue.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Following National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1041, preparation to effectively deliver classroom instruction using instructional aids and evaluation instruments, considering student needs, learning styles, and a conducive learning environment.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Introduction to the organization and management of a fire and emergency services department and the relationship of private organizations, governmental agencies, and the fire service. Emphasis is placed on fire and emergency service, ethics, and leadership from the perspective of the company officer. This course meets the Fire Officer I requirements listed in NFPA standard 1021, 2014 edition.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Students wishing to obtain IFSAC certification for Fire Officer I must be certified Firefighter II and Fire Instructor I prior to completing this course.
Course Description: Continuation of Fire Officer I, including the organization and management of a fire and emergency services department and the relationship of private organizations and governmental agencies with the fire service. Coursework meets the Fire Officer II requirements listed in the NFPA standard 1021, 2014 edition.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Application of knowledge and skills learned in Fire Officer courses with a specific focus on application of ‘on the job’ leadership skills and the ability to manage firefighter units in emergency and non-emergency situations.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: This course supports the Hutchinson Community College Officer Development program and is selective admissions for full-time employed firefighters.
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 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Nutrition requirements of a person during the successive stages of development with emphasis on nutrients, their availability in foods and factors affecting utilization.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
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 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
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 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Etiologies, signs, symptoms, courses and complications of diseases, and the modern practices of diagnosis and treatment.
Course Notes: HR105 Medical Terminology, and BI103 Human A&P.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 4.00
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 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.
Course Description: Overview of rules and laws governing ethical legal obligations oriented to paralegals and professional paralegal practices. Topics include confidentiality, conflicts of interests, attorney-client and work product privilege, authorized practice of law, interviewing, investigations, records collection and communication skills.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Introduction to legal research and writing, overview of the law and how to research, simple legal research problems in case law and statutory exercises, citation form, appropriate research instruments including Westlaw and Shepard''s Citations.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Fundamental principles and applications of debtor/creditor law, including debt collection, creditor rights and collective creditor actions drawn from Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
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 2026
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.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: Two-dimensional analytical geometry, limits, continuity, differentiation and integration with applications, trigonometric functions.
Course Notes: MA107 Plane Trigonometry with a grade of C or higher, or ACT Math Score of 25 to 36, or MA109 Pre-Calculus Math with a grade of C or higher.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 5.00
Section Notes: The student should have taken or be concurrently enrolled in MA107 with department consent. Required of engineering, mathematics, and computer science majors. Addl coursework to be completed online
Course Description: Students will be provided the opportunity to learn and practice bench work skills such as filing, drilling, tapping, deburring and layout for projects. They will gain valuable practical experience in the use of various hand tools by producing basic bench work projects. Topics will include safety, print reading, job planning, and quality control.
Fall 2026
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Simultaneous enrollment in MC115 Machining I is encouraged.