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2022-2023 Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Schoolcraft College offers over 700 courses to help you reach your personal and professional goals. Students can take classes taught by our highly qualified faculty members and earn credits toward a certificate or degree at any of our three locations in Livonia or through a variety of online options. Learn more about our Course Formats

 

German

  
  • GER 101 - Elementary German 1


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course is intended for students who have no previous education in German. The course will cover basic vocabulary and grammar patterns and will build competence in all four skill areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through varied activities, emphasis will be placed on oral proficiency and communication. An appreciation of German culture will be an integral part of the course.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Determine the meaning of beginning German texts.
    2. Write grammatically correct sentences in beginning German.
    3. Discriminate distinctive beginning German sounds.
    4. Interpret the meaning of spoken beginning German.
    5. Pronounce beginning German words, phrases and sentences correctly.
    6. Speak German clearly and accurately with beginning fluency.
    7. Integrate beginning German vocabulary into simple sentences, paragraphs and dialog.
    8. Apply rules of beginning German grammar, syntax, tense and gender.
    9. Communicate effectively in beginning German through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
    10. Compare aspects of beginning German and English grammar and syntax.
    11. Explore culture in this beginning German course.
    12. Acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for further exploration of the German language and culture.
  
  • GER 102 - Elementary German 2


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course is a continuation of GER 101  and continues to review the basic vocabulary and grammar patterns and to build competence in all four skill areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through varied activities, emphasis will be placed on oral proficiency and communication. An appreciation of German culture will be an integral part of the course.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: GER 101  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or one year of high school German or equivalent language knowledge.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Determine the meaning of elementary German texts.
    2. Write grammatically correct sentences in elementary German.
    3. Discriminate distinctive elementary German sounds.
    4. Interpret the meaning of spoken elementary German.
    5. Pronounce elementary German words, phrases and sentences correctly.
    6. Speak German clearly and accurately with elementary fluency.
    7. Integrate elementary German vocabulary into simple sentences, paragraphs and dialog.
    8. Apply rules of elementary German grammar, syntax, tense and gender.
    9. Communicate effectively in elementary German through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
    10. Compare aspects of elementary German and English grammar and syntax.
    11. Explore culture in this elementary German course.
    12. Acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for further exploration of the German language and culture.
  
  • GER 201 - Intermediate German 1


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course is a continuation of GER 102  and continues to cover vocabulary and grammar patterns and to build competence in all four skill areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through varied activities, emphasis will be placed on oral proficiency and communication. An appreciation of German culture will be an integral part of the course.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: GER 102  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or one year of high school German or equivalent language knowledge.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Determine the meaning of intermediate German texts.
    2. Write grammatically correct sentences in intermediate German.
    3. Discriminate distinctive intermediate German sounds.
    4. Interpret the meaning of spoken intermediate German.
    5. Pronounce intermediate German words, phrases and sentences correctly.
    6. Speak German clearly and accurately with intermediate fluency.
    7. Integrate intermediate German vocabulary into sentences, paragraphs and dialog.
    8. Apply rules of intermediate German grammar, syntax, tense and gender.
    9. Communicate effectively in intermediate German through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
    10. Compare aspects of intermediate German and English grammar and syntax.
    11. Explore culture in this intermediate German course.
    12. Acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for further exploration of the German language and culture.
  
  • GER 202 - Intermediate German 2


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course is a continuation of GER 201  with a broader emphasis on speaking (present-day spoken German), listening comprehension and reading. Through varied activities, the main focus will be on oral proficiency and communication as the course will be entirely conducted in German. An appreciation of German culture will be an integral part of the course.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: GER 201  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or one year of high school German or equivalent language knowledge.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Determine the meaning of advanced German texts.
    2. Write grammatically correct sentences in advanced German.
    3. Discriminate distinctive advanced German sounds.
    4. Interpret the meaning of spoken advanced German.
    5. Pronounce advanced German words, phrases and sentences correctly.
    6. Speak German clearly and accurately with advanced fluency.
    7. Integrate advanced German vocabulary into sentences, paragraphs and dialog.
    8. Apply rules of advanced German grammar, syntax, tense and gender.
    9. Communicate effectively in advanced German through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
    10. Compare aspects of advanced German and English grammar and syntax.
    11. Explore culture in this advanced German course.
    12. Acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for further exploration of the German language and culture.

Health Information Technology

  
  • HIT 100 - Introduction to Medical Terminology


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course is a basic overview of medical terminology. The students will be introduced to medical terminology used in healthcare. The topics in the course provide activities to allow the student to spell, define and pronounce medical terminology.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Students who already have this knowledge may qualify for prior learning credit. https://www.schoolcraft.edu/student-records/prior-learning-credits
    Course Competencies
    1. Examine the basic structure of medical terminology.
    2. Apply terms related to organs in the body.
    3. Classify medical terms that contain diagnostic and procedure suffixes.
    4. Translate common prefixes used in medical terms.
    5. Examine medical reports using medical terminology.
    6. Interpret the definition for medical abbreviations used in medical reports.
  
  • HIT 104 - Medical Terminology


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of the language of medicine. Definitions, pronunciations, spelling and abbreviations of anatomic, symptomatic, diagnostic and operative terms pertaining to each anatomical system of the body will be reviewed. Terms pertaining to pharmacology, clinical laboratory, radiology and pathology will also be explored.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Students who already have this knowledge may qualify for prior learning credit. https://www.schoolcraft.edu/student-records/prior-learning-credits
    Course Competencies
    1. Identify basic prefixes, suffixes and combining forms used in the medical language.
    2. Construct medical terms utilizing prefixes, suffixes and combining forms.
    3. Divide medical terms into their prefix, suffix and combining forms and define each part.
    4. Convert lay terminology to medical terminology.
    5. Identify terms that apply to the structural organization of the body.
    6. Spell medical terms correctly.
    7. Explain medical terms related to signs, symptoms and disease conditions affecting the digestive system.
    8. Explain medical terms related to signs, symptoms and disease conditions affecting the urinary and reproductive systems.
    9. Explain medical terms related to signs, symptoms and disease conditions affecting the nervous system.
    10. Explain medical terms related to signs, symptoms and disease conditions affecting the cardiovascular system.
    11. Explain medical terms related to signs, symptoms and disease conditions affecting the respiratory system.
    12. Explain medical terms related to signs, symptoms and disease conditions affecting the blood and lymphatic systems.
    13. Explain various musculoskeletal disease conditions and terms related to bone fractures.
    14. Identify lesions, signs and symptoms and pathologic conditions that relate to the skin.
    15. Explain medical terms related to abnormal conditions that may affect the eye and ear.
    16. Identify the abnormal conditions resulting from excessive and deficient secretions of the endocrine glands.
    17. Classify medical terms that describe psychiatric symptoms and disorders.
    18. Relate diagnostic procedures to medical conditions.
    19. Write singular and plural forms of medical terms.
    20. Interpret frequently encountered medical abbreviations, acronyms and eponyms.
    21. Relate laboratory tests and clinical procedures to medical conditions.
    22. Interpret the medical language used in reports such as chart notes, radiology reports, case studies and so forth.
    23. Utilize library research techniques including online references and internet-based sites.
  
  • HIT 114 - Pharmacology for Health Professionals


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course is designed to provide an overview of principles of pharmacology pertaining to treatment of diseases, physiological processes of the body related to drug therapy, legislation, classification and names of medications. Students will learn about medications through activities using medical documentation and internet resources.

    Prerequisites: HIT 100  OR HIT 104  
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Analyze health records to correlate diagnosis with prescribed medications for those patients.
    2. Investigate drug forms available and methods of administration.
    3. Relate the pharmacologic actions of a variety of drugs to the human body’s physiological responses to diseases, injuries and other conditions.
    4. Categorize drugs into correct therapeutic classifications.
    5. Summarize the major policies, processes and regulations that have impacted the pharmaceutical industry.
    6. Differentiate between therapeutic effects, side effects and adverse effects of various medications.
  
  • HIT 117 - ICD-10-CM/PCS


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course provides an introduction to basic ICD-10-CM/PCS coding theory. This course is designed for the classification of patient morbidity and mortality information for statistical purposes, for the indexing of health/medical records by disease and operation for data storage and retrieval and for reimbursement purposes. ICD-10-CM and PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for hospital inpatient and outpatient services will be utilized. Laboratory activities focus on the application of the related skills with accuracy and completeness using manual and computerized methods.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: HIT 118  if not taken previously. HIT 120  if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Interpret healthcare scenarios for ICD 10-CM/PCS code assignment.
    2. Determine diagnosis codes using ICD-10-CM according to official guidelines and conventions for the following: a. Z Codes and External Cause of Morbidity b. Symptoms, Signs and Ill-Defined Conditions c. Infectious and Parasitic Diseases d. Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases e. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders f. Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs and Immune System g. Diseases of the Nervous System h. Diseases of the Respiratory System I. Diseases of the Digestive System j. Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous System k. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue l. Injuries and Burns m. Poisoning, Toxic Effects, Adverse Effects and Under-Dosing n. Completions of Surgery and Medical Care
    3. Determine procedure codes using ICD-10-PCS according to official guidelines and conventions.
    4. Sequence codes following ICD-10 and UHDDS guidelines.
    5. Consult references to facilitate ICD-10-CM diagnosis code and ICD-10-PCS procedure code assignment.
    6. Utilize encoding software for ICD-10-CM diagnosis code and ICD-10-PCS procedure code assignment.
    7. Explain the assignment of Present on Admission (POA) indicators.
    8. Comply with AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding.
    9. Evaluate the consequences of a breach of coding ethics.
    10. Explore the certifications available through the American Health Information Management Association that reflect coding knowledge and skills.
  
  • HIT 118 - Human Diseases


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course includes the study of the pathology and general health management of diseases and injuries across the life span. Topics include the fundamental concepts and processes of human disease such as inflammation, infection, neoplasia, degeneration, aging, congenital and genetic disorders, immune deficiency and autoimmune disorders. Idiopathic, traumatic, stress-related, substance abuse-related and iatrogenic disorders will also be studied. The student will develop an understanding of common diagnostic work-ups including laboratory tests and imaging. The types of treatments for diseases, which may include pharmacology, surgery and other therapies, are also covered.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 236 . HIT 104 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: CIS 120 .

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Classify diseases based on pathogenic or morphological characteristics.
    2. Analyze the processes that lead to cell injury.
    3. Describe responses for healing, including inflammation and fever.
    4. Analyze the immune response and diseases that affect immunity.
    5. Differentiate the pathology of various diseases, including: neoplastic disease, blood disorders, hemodynamic and vascular disorders.
    6. Describe the pathophysiology of the cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, renal, endocrine, reproductive, musculoskeletal, integumentary and nervous systems.
    7. Explain the steps involved in the workup, diagnosis and treatment of a patient.
    8. Interpret typical signs and symptoms of selected disorders.
    9. Discuss the influence of age, heredity, environment, stress and immune response in disease processes.
    10. Classify different forms of pain and trauma.
    11. Interpret pharmacologic information.
    12. Explore the concept of wellness.
    13. Differentiate laboratory tests utilized in medicine.
    14. Identify screening tests and procedures for common diseases or conditions.
    15. Explain how common laboratory and diagnostic tests are performed.
    16. Relate the indications and contraindications for various diagnostic tests.
    17. Interpret laboratory and diagnostic test results.
    18. Demonstrate use of the Internet and other reference tools for research of unfamiliar disease topics, medical procedures and drug therapy.
  
  • HIT 120 - Foundations of Health Information Management Technology


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course provides an introduction to the U.S. healthcare industry and to the health information management profession. Topics include an overview of the evolution of healthcare systems in the U.S. and trends for the future. Health record content, documentation requirements, secondary data sources and the influence of accrediting and regulatory bodies that govern health information will be reviewed. Information processes and relationships among organizational departments and healthcare providers will also be addressed. The educational and certification requirements for health information professionals will be examined. Hands-on laboratory activities will help the student to gain proficiency in basic health information functions. Electronic health record applications will be utilized.

    Prerequisites: CIS 120 . HIT 104 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall Only
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    Students who already have this knowledge may qualify for prior learning credit. https://www.schoolcraft.edu/student-records/prior-learning-credits
    Course Competencies
    1. Summarize the evolution of the Health Information Management profession.
    2. Explain the basic organization of the U.S. healthcare delivery system.
    3. Describe the differing types of organizations, services and personnel and their interrelationships across the health care delivery system.
    4. Apply laws, accreditation, licensure and certification standards related to healthcare initiatives.
    5. Describe the functions, purpose and users of health information.
    6. Describe documentation content of health records.
    7. Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of various providers and disciplines to support documentation requirements throughout the continuum of healthcare.
    8. Verify the documentation in the health record is timely, complete and accurate.
    9. Compare health record formats, numbering and filing systems.
    10. Explain the importance of clinical terminologies, classification and code systems to healthcare.
    11. Collect basic health data.
    12. Identify primary and secondary data sources.
    13. Demonstrate the technical skills necessary to access and navigate an electronic health record (EHR) system.
    14. Utilize library research techniques including online references and internet-based sites.
  
  • HIT 130 - Legal Aspects of Health Information


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course provides the student with an understanding of the American legal system, legal terminology and the requirements concerning the compilation and maintenance of health information. Topics include how health information is used and when it can be disclosed based on state and federal regulations and statutes, including the privacy and security rules resulting from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The patient’s right to privacy, patient consent and advance directives, retention directions, ethical issues in health care and health information management are also explored.

    Prerequisites: HIT 120 .
    Corequisites: ENG 102  if not taken previously or ENG 106  if not taken previously
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explain the workings of the American legal system, including court systems and legal procedures with which health professionals may be required to comply.
    2. Demonstrate how healthcare professionals can impact pending/existing legislation affecting health information practices.
    3. Apply healthcare legal terminology.
    4. Identify the use of legal documents such as court orders, subpoenas, advance directives and patient consent.
    5. Examine the principles of liability, the nature of the relationships from which liability can arise and the legal theories and defense in underlying lawsuits in healthcare.
    6. Adhere to the legal and regulatory requirements related to health information management.
    7. Identify a complete health record as defined by organizational policy and external regulations and standards.
    8. Apply policies and procedures for access and disclosure of protected health information.
    9. Release patient-specific data to authorized users.
    10. Analyze policies and procedures to ensure organizational compliance with regulations and standards.
    11. Apply confidentiality and security measures to protect health information regardless of medium.
    12. Apply retention and destruction policies for health information.
    13. Identify fraud and abuse trends in healthcare.
    14. Evaluate the consequences of a breach of privacy.
    15. Demonstrate presentation skills applicable to the healthcare environment.
  
  • HIT 162 - Professional Practice Experience Simulation


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course provides the Health Information student with simulated professional practice experience (PPE). The student will have the opportunity to observe and interact with Health Information Management professionals in a variety of healthcare settings both on-campus and off-campus. Virtual lab activities will be used to enhance the development of professional practices.

    Prerequisites: ENG 101  with a minimum grade of 2.0. MATH 111  with a minimum grade of 2.0.
    Corequisites: HIT 117  if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Describe the varied roles of the Health Information Management professional.
    2. Demonstrate professional and ethical behavior.
    3. Manage health data within a system (such as data elements, data sets and databases).
    4. Conduct an analysis to ensure that documentation in the health record supports the diagnosis and reflects the patient’s progress, clinical findings and discharge status.
    5. Apply policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of health data.
    6. Verify the documentation in the health record is timely, complete and accurate.
    7. Utilize secondary data sources.
    8. Use technology, including hardware and software, to ensure data collection, storage, analysis and reporting of information.
    9. Communicate effectively in person and through technology.
    10. Utilize common software applications such as spreadsheets, databases, word processing, graphics, presentation and email in the execution of work processes.
  
  • HIT 210 - Healthcare Statistics for Health Information Management


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course introduces students to terminology, definitions and computational methodology most frequently used in health statistics. Descriptive statistical concepts are also explored. Topics examined include healthcare data collection, report generation, data analysis and interpretation, data presentation techniques, as well as measures of central tendency, frequency distribution and standard deviation.

    Prerequisites: HIT 117 . HIT 162 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Collect health data for use in healthcare statistical reporting.
    2. Comprehend basic descriptive, institutional and healthcare vital statistics.
    3. Compute census statistics.
    4. Calculate length of stay and discharge statistics.
    5. Compute mortality and autopsy rates.
    6. Determine morbidity and complication rates.
    7. Calculate staffing and productivity levels for health information functions.
    8. Apply report generation technologies to facilitate decision-making.
    9. Derive meaningful conclusions through data analysis.
    10. Apply graphical tools for data presentation.
    11. Verify timeliness, completeness, accuracy and appropriateness of data and data sources for patient care, management, billing reports, registries and/or databases.
    12. Explain analytics and decision support.
    13. Explain common research methodologies and why they are used in healthcare.
  
  • HIT 213 - Health Information Technology Seminar


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course will assist the student in preparation for the Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) certification examination. The student will develop a study plan to be utilized on an individual and/or group basis. The student will complete a mock certification examination. The student will also begin preparation for a job search. A research of job opportunities that are currently available will be identified. This course should be taken in the last semester of the student’s program.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: HIT 210  if not taken previously. HIT 224  if not taken previously. HIT 232  if not taken previously. HIT 234  if not taken previously. HIT 235  if not taken previously. HIT 240  if not taken previously. HIT 242  if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring
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    Course Competencies
    1. Delineate the process to become certified as a Registered Health Information Technician through the American Health Information Management Association.
    2. Develop a plan to prepare for the certification examination.
    3. Successfully complete the RHIT certification exam.
    4. Create a resume.
    5. Utilize online technologies to perform a job search.
  
  • HIT 222 - Basic Ambulatory Coding


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course is designed to prepare a student to code in the ambulatory setting using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). Topics include ambulatory reporting requirements for codes and rules that apply to the reimbursement systems used by government payers and other health plans. The student will be introduced to computerized coding systems utilized in healthcare. The emphasis of the course will be coding for facility services and procedures.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: HIT 118  if not taken previously. HIT 120  if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Interpret clinical documentation for procedural coding purposes.
    2. Assign procedure codes using CPT.
    3. Append CPT codes with correct modifiers.
    4. Assign HCPCS Level II codes.
    5. Use encoding software and electronic coding resources to support clinical classification and code assignment.
    6. Adhere to current regulations and established guidelines in code assignment.
    7. Identify discrepancies between coded data and supporting documentation.
    8. Explain the general principles and applications of procedural grouping (i.e. APC).
    9. Support accurate billing through coding, chargemaster, claims management and bill reconciliation processes.
  
  • HIT 224 - Quality Management in Healthcare


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course is designed for the student to review methods by which a healthcare organization measures, assesses and improves the quality, safety and effectiveness of healthcare services. Topics explored include traditional quality assessment, performance improvement methodologies, utilization/resource/case management, risk management, infection control, credentialing and the role of oversight agencies. Patient satisfaction as an important and commonly used indicator for measuring the quality in health care will also be covered. Lab activities will include data abstraction and analysis for quality reporting and use of electronic applications.

    Prerequisites: HIT 130 . HIT 162 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Determine the components of a comprehensive quality management program.
    2. Collaborate with staff in preparing the organization for accreditation, licensure and/or certification.
    3. Summarize a collection methodology for data to guide strategic and organizational management.
    4. Utilize quality improvement tools and techniques to monitor, report and improve processes.
    5. Abstract data for facility-wide outcomes reporting for quality management and performance improvement programs.
    6. Identify cost-saving and efficient means of achieving work processes and goals.
    7. Analyze clinical data to identify trends that demonstrate quality, safety and effectiveness of healthcare.
    8. Contribute to quality-related work teams and committees.
    9. Perform utilization management activities using screening criteria.
    10. Apply policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of health data both internal and external to the health system.
    11. Assess how cultural issues affect health, healthcare quality, cost and health information management.
  
  • HIT 231 - Ambulatory Coding Practicum


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course will provide practical hands-on experience with Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding of health/medical records and case scenarios. The student will apply official coding guidelines to a variety of clinical cases and record types such as ambulatory, emergency, outpatient and physician office and ancillary services. Evaluation and Management (E/M) leveling will be performed. HCPCS Level 2 codes will also be applied. The student will research references in solving coding problems. Manual and computerized systems for procedure and service coding will be reviewed.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: HIT 117  if not taken previously. HIT 234  if not taken previously. HIT 240  if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring
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    Course Competencies
    1. Interpret clinical documentation in the health record for CPT/HCPCS code assignment.
    2. Assign procedures codes using CPT/HCPCS according to current guidelines and conventions.
    3. Determine codes for technical vs. professional components when applicable.
    4. Comply with reimbursement and reporting requirements such as the National Correct Coding Initiative.
    5. Evaluate the accuracy of CPT and HCPCS Level 2 coding.
    6. Ensure accuracy of procedural groupings such as APCs.
    7. Resolve discrepancies between coded data and supporting documentation.
    8. Utilize technology to support and maintain clinical classification and coding.
  
  • HIT 232 - Computer Applications in Healthcare


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course is an introduction to the theory and practical methodology of healthcare information systems. Topics include basics of electronic health records (EHRs) and general healthcare computer systems. Common software applications, system selection and implementation, data quality, storage and retrieval, security and privacy are covered. Health information exchange and new roles in HIM will also be explored.

    Prerequisites: HIT 162 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Students who already have this knowledge may qualify for prior learning credit. https://www.schoolcraft.edu/student-records/prior-learning-credits
    Course Competencies
    1. Protect data integrity and validity using software or hardware technology.
    2. Apply confidentiality, privacy and security measures to protect electronic health information.
    3. Explain policies and procedures of networks, including intranet and internet to facilitate clinical and administrative applications.
    4. Describe the process used in the selection and implementation of health information management systems and electronic health record applications.
    5. Explain usability and accessibility of health information to patients including current trends and future challenges.
    6. Identify standards for exchange of health information.
    7. Apply current laws, accreditation, licensure and certification standards related to health information initiatives from the national, state, local and facility levels.
    8. Apply information and data strategies in support of information governance initiatives.
    9. Utilize enterprise-wide information assets in support of organizational strategies and objectives.
    10. Explain vendor/contract management.
    11. Apply knowledge of data base architecture and design.
  
  • HIT 234 - Intermediate Ambulatory Coding


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course includes advanced theory and practice in coding medical/health records in the hospital/ambulatory setting using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). The student will analyze clinical data for the purpose of coding and reimbursement in the ambulatory setting including the physician office. Manual and computerized methods for code assignment will be used.

    Prerequisites: HIT 222  
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Interpret health record documentation to identify codable diagnostic and procedure statements resulting from a physician service.
    2. Assign procedure codes for physician and facility reimbursement using CPT/HCPCS.
    3. Determine applicable modifiers to be assigned to CPT/HCPCS codes.
    4. Adhere to current regulations and established guidelines in CPT/HCPCS code assignment.
    5. Evaluate the accuracy of CPT/HCPCS codes.
    6. Determine APCs using grouping software.
    7. Identify discrepancies between coded data and supporting documentation.
    8. Develop appropriate physician queries to resolve data and coding discrepancies.
    9. Utilize electronic applications and work processes to support clinical classification and coding.
  
  • HIT 235 - Intermediate ICD-10-CM/PCS


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course is designed to prepare a student to code in the hospital setting using ICD-10-CM/PCS. The course will emphasize reporting requirements for codes and rules that apply to reimbursement systems used by government payers and other health plans. Students will further develop their skills in building codes in the ICD-10 procedure coding system. Students will accurately and ethically assign codes for diagnoses, services and procedures that are documented in the health/medical record. Lab activities will include manual and electronic methods of code assignment.

    Prerequisites: HIT 114 . HIT 117  
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Interpret inpatient and outpatient case scenarios for code assignment purposes.
    2. Apply ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes according to current guidelines and conventions for the following: a. Pregnancy, Delivery and the Puerperium b. Circulatory System c. Neoplasms d. Respiratory System e. Digestive System f. Endocrine System g. Nervous System h. Signs and Symptoms/Ill-defined Conditions i. Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue j. Musculoskeletal System k. Genitourinary System
    3. Assign ICD-10-PCS codes from the Medical/Surgical Section as well as Ancillary Sections.
    4. Select the appropriate principal diagnosis, principal procedure, complications and comorbid conditions which require coding following UHDDS guidelines.
    5. Evaluate the accuracy of ICD diagnostic and procedural coding.
    6. Develop appropriate physician queries to resolve data and coding discrepancies.
    7. Utilize technology to determine DRG assignment.
    8. Analyze current regulations and established guidelines in clinical classification systems (SOI-ROM, POA, UHDDS).
    9. Ensure accuracy of DRG assignment.
    10. Calculate case mix index.
    11. Review accuracy of computer assisted coding assignment and recommend corrective action.
    12. Comply with AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding.
  
  • HIT 236 - ICD Coding Practicum


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course will provide practical hands-on experience in assigning ICD-10-CM/PCS codes to health/medical records and case scenarios. The student will apply official coding guidelines to a variety of clinical cases and record types such as hospital inpatient, outpatient surgery, physician office and ancillary services. The student will research references in solving coding problems. Manual and computerized systems for diagnosis and procedure coding and DRG grouping will be used.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: HIT 235  if not taken previously. HIT 240  if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring
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    Course Competencies
    1. Interpret health record content to determine appropriate ICD-10-CM/PCS code assignment.
    2. Apply diagnosis and procedure codes using ICD-10-CM/PCS according to current guidelines and conventions.
    3. Evaluate the accuracy of ICD diagnostic and procedural coding.
    4. Develop appropriate physician queries to resolve data and coding discrepancies.
    5. Apply current regulations and established guidelines in clinical classification systems (SOI-ROM, POA, UHDDS).
    6. Utilize encoding and grouping software to determine accurate codes for optimal reimbursement and reporting.
    7. Calculate case-mix.
    8. Consult the AHA Coding Clinic to clarify current coding issues.
  
  • HIT 240 - Healthcare Reimbursement Methodologies


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Description: The course is designed to provide the student knowledge of the diverse reimbursement methodologies utilized by governmental and private insurance entities in the payment for healthcare delivery services. The course will present third-party payer and compliance/auditing issues, correct coding policy and government prospective payment systems. The terminology and principles for managed care, revenue cycle management and other healthcare plans will be covered.

    Prerequisites: HIT 117 . HIT 222 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explain the principles and applications of diagnostic and procedural coding grouping systems as the basis of prospective payment methodologies, such as MS-DRG’s, APC, RUG, CMG, HHRG.
    2. Apply policies and procedures for the use of clinical data required in reimbursement for inpatients, ambulatory services, post-acute care and outpatient services, including PPS, RBRVS, case mix indices, MSDRGs, healthcare insurance policies and Accountable Care Organizations.
    3. Illustrate policies and procedures to comply with the changing regulations among various payment systems for healthcare services such as Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurers and managed care.
    4. Examine coding compliance issues that influence reimbursement.
    5. Support accurate billing through coding, chargemaster, claims management and bill reconciliation processes.
    6. Use established guidelines to comply with reimbursement and reporting requirements such as the National Correct Coding Initiative.
    7. Evaluate revenue cycle processes.
    8. Characterize the models of value-based purchasing for various healthcare settings, payment systems and providers.
    9. Examine how report generation technologies and reimbursement data (OPPS, IPPS) can be used to support specific lines of business in healthcare.
    10. Identify current trends and future challenges in the exchange of healthcare data for the purpose of reimbursement.
    11. Access reimbursement and regulatory guidelines through the use of technology.
  
  • HIT 242 - Organization and Management


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: Health information professionals make decisions that demand sound planning, organization, motivation and communication skills. Effective supervision of human and other resources is also essential in today’s changing world of healthcare. This course provides the health information technology student with basic management concepts and theories that are applied in the Health Information Services/Management environment. Emphasis will be on management of Human Resources and operations, as well as budgeting and operational financial management. The concept of management vs. leadership will be addressed. Project management and team leadership concepts will also be introduced.

    Prerequisites: HIT 162  
    Corequisites: HIT 210  if not taken previously. HIT 224  if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Apply the fundamentals of team leadership.
    2. Contribute to work plans, policies, procedures and resource requisitions in relation to job functions.
    3. Explain training and employee development methodologies.
    4. Report staffing levels and productivity standards for health information functions.
    5. Plan staffing, departmental and capital budgets.
    6. Justify budget variances.
    7. Describe accounting methodologies.
    8. Create programs and policies that support a culture of diversity.
    9. Interpret compliance with local, state and federal labor regulations.
    10. Explain return on investment for employee training and development.
    11. Organize and facilitate meetings.
    12. Summarize project management methodologies.
    13. Recognize the impact of change management on processes, people and systems.
  
  • HIT 262 - Professional Practice Experience


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Off Site Contact Hours Without Faculty: 4
    Description: This course provides a professional practice experience (PPE) of a minimum of 40 hours for the student under the guidance of a health information management professional. The student will have the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to real-world health information functions. Students will utilize technical skills necessary to maintain a health information service, observe employee interactions and interact with health care professionals. Students will learn about professionalism in the workplace and will be required to create a professional resume.

    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the HIT Program. HIT 130  .
    Corequisites: HIT 222  if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Students who already have this knowledge may qualify for prior learning credit. https://www.schoolcraft.edu/student-records/prior-learning-credits
    Course Competencies
    1. Explore health record content for compliance with state and federal laws and accreditation and certification standards.
    2. Manage data for clinical indices/databases/registries, quality management, utilization management, risk management and/or other related studies.
    3. Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the primary and secondary health data according to applicable policies, procedures and guidelines.
    4. Explore common health information practices and business software applications in the execution of work processes.
    5. Interpret the impact of change management on processes, people and systems.
    6. Create a personal resume for health information management employment purposes.
    7. Demonstrate professional and ethical behavior.
    8. Determine compliance of health record content within the health organization.
    9. Apply legal processes impacting health information.

History

  
  • HIST 134 - Ancient World


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course is a survey of prehistoric and ancient times: origins of human nature and culture; early gathering-hunting and planting-herding societies; origins of civilization in the Middle East, India, China, the Mediterranean and elsewhere; civilized-barbarian interaction and the rise of early Old World empires; rise of classical civilizations, especially Greece and Rome; rise of the higher religions, especially the Judeo-Christian traditions; and decline of classical civilizations with emphasis on the fall of Rome and the rise of medieval Europe, Byzantium and Islam.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities or Social Sciences
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate a clear, factual understanding of the historical development of the Ancient World.
    2. Evaluate the human experience as it relates to the historical period covered by the course.
    3. Analyze the role geography played in the historical period covered by the course.
    4. Relate the human experience - using history - to contemporary times.
    5. Analyze historical evidence of the human experience/culture for the period covered by the course.
    6. Distinguish between historical artifacts and other types of sources concerning history.
    7. Incorporate historical artifacts and other scholarly sources concerning history into their writing and research.
    8. Demonstrate digital literacy, especially as it relates to the study of history.
    9. Synthesize the origins of human communities and culture for the period covered by the course.
    10. Analyze the origins of civilizations during the period covered by the course.
    11. Illustrate the rise of religion occurring in the period covered by the course.
  
  • HIST 137 - Early Modern World


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course is a survey of the balance of world civilizations in medieval and early modern times: American and African peripheral regions; major civilizations of Asia and Europe in the Middle Ages; 14th-16th century crisis and renewal; expansion of Europe in the age of Renaissance, Reformation and discovery; rise of the Great Power system; the scientific revolution and Enlightenment; the democratic and industrial revolutions; emergence of modern ideologies and nations; and climax of European expansion in the age of imperialism to the late 19th century.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities or Social Sciences
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate a clear, factual understanding of the historical development of the early modern world.
    2. Evaluate the human experience as it relates to the historical period covered by the course.
    3. Analyze the role geography played in the historical period covered by the course.
    4. Relate the human experience-using history-to contemporary times.
    5. Analyze historical evidence of the human experience/culture for the period covered by the course.
    6. Distinguish between historical artifacts and other types of sources concerning history.
    7. Incorporate historical artifacts and other scholarly sources concerning history into their writing and research.
    8. Demonstrate digital literacy, especially as it relates to the study of history.
    9. Synthesize the advancement of human nature and culture for the period covered by the course.
    10. Analyze the advancements in civilizations during the period covered by the course.
    11. Summarize the emergence of modern nations and ideologies.
    12. Explain scientific advances and cultural enlightenment for the period covered by the course.
  
  • HIST 138 - Contemporary World


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is a survey of the main themes in the history of the world in the last hundred years: the Eurocentric world order of 1900; World War I, communist revolution and fascist counter-revolution; the settlements of the 1920s and the renewal of world crisis in the 1930s; World War II and the onset of the Cold War in the 1940s-1960s; erosion and collapse of the postwar order in the 1970s-1980s; and the contemporary world order in historical context.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities or Social Sciences
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate a clear, factual understanding of the historical development of contemporary world history.
    2. Evaluate the human experience as it relates to the historical period covered by the course.
    3. Analyze the role geography played in the historical period covered by the course.
    4. Relate the human experience-using history-to contemporary times.
    5. Analyze historical evidence of the human experience/culture for the period covered by the course.
    6. Distinguish between historical artifacts and other types of sources concerning history.
    7. Incorporate historical artifacts and other scholarly sources concerning history into their writing and research.
    8. Demonstrate digital literacy, especially as it relates to the study of history.
    9. Compare and contrast the impact of the wars and revolutions occurring during the period covered by the course.
    10. Illustrate the contemporary world order in a historical context.
  
  • HIST 141 - History of Michigan and the Great Lakes


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is a general survey of the historical development of Michigan from the primitive wilderness to the present; growth of certain political, economic, social and cultural institutions which contribute to understanding Michigan and the Great Lakes area today; and emphasis on relating the history of the state to that of both the area and the nation.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities or Social Sciences
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate a clear, factual understanding of the historical development of the history of Michigan and the Great Lakes.
    2. Evaluate the human experience as it relates to the historical period covered by the course.
    3. Analyze the role geography played in the historical period covered by the course.
    4. Relate the human experience-using history-to contemporary times.
    5. Analyze historical evidence of the human experience/culture for the period covered by the course.
    6. Distinguish between historical artifacts and other types of sources concerning history.
    7. Incorporate historical artifacts and other scholarly sources concerning history into their writing and research.
    8. Demonstrate digital literacy, especially as it relates to the study of history.
    9. Compile a summary of the Native American tribes of the region, their patterns of settlement, tribal life and reaction to European explorers and settlers.
    10. Investigate the economic development and major industries in Michigan and the Great Lakes region.
    11. Explore how modes of transportation have influenced Michigan’s economic development.
    12. Identify ways in which the history of the Great Lakes must be understood in an international context.
  
  • HIST 151 - Early America - U.S. History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is a survey of the origins of American civilization: native American societies in pre-Columbian and colonial times; European discovery, exploration, conquest and settlement of the Americas; Iberian, French and African elements in the early Americas; 17th and 18th century English colonial development; the Revolutionary era and the founding of the U.S.; and Federalist and Jeffersonian America to the early 19th century.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities or Social Sciences
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate a clear, factual understanding of the historical development of early America.
    2. Evaluate the human experience as it relates to the historical period covered by the course.
    3. Analyze the role geography played in the historical period covered by the course.
    4. Relate the human experience-using history-to contemporary times.
    5. Analyze historical evidence of the human experience/culture for the period covered by the course.
    6. Distinguish between historical artifacts and other types of sources concerning history.
    7. Incorporate historical artifacts and other scholarly sources concerning history into their writing and research.
    8. Demonstrate digital literacy, especially as it relates to the study of history.
    9. Examine the multinational roots of American culture.
    10. Examine the formation and major provisions of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
    11. Identify major issues in the Revolutionary War.
    12. Identify major military issues in which the American colonies were involved.
    13. Discuss the role of the United States in an international/global context.
  
  • HIST 152 - 19th Century America - U.S. History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is a survey of the expansion, crisis and renewal of the U.S. in the 19th century: demographic, economic, social and cultural change in Jacksonian America; the North and antebellum reform movements; the South and slavery; the West and territorial conquest and settlement; sectional struggle, the Civil War and Reconstruction; and emergence of modern, urban, industrial America to the beginning of the 20th century.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities or Social Sciences
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate a clear, factual understanding of the historical development of nineteenth-century America.
    2. Evaluate the human experience as it relates to the historical period covered by the course.
    3. Analyze the role geography played in the historical period covered by the course.
    4. Relate the human experience-using history-to contemporary times.
    5. Analyze historical evidence of the human experience/culture for the period covered by the course.
    6. Distinguish between historical artifacts and other types of sources concerning history.
    7. Incorporate historical artifacts and other scholarly sources concerning history into their writing and research.
    8. Demonstrate digital literacy, especially as it relates to the study of history.
    9. Explain major constitutional issues that emerged during the historical period covered by the course.
    10. Identify ways in which American history must be understood in an international context.
    11. Identify major issues in the American Civil War.
    12. Identify major military issues in which America was involved.
    13. Discuss the role of the United States in an international/global context.
  
  • HIST 153 - Contemporary America - U.S. History


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is a survey of American civilization within the last hundred years: turn-of-the-century growth and crisis; the Progressive Era and World War I; the 1920s, the Great Depression and the New Deal; World War II and the emergence of the U.S. as a superpower; affluence, consensus and confrontation in the 1950s-1960s; malaise, drift and fragmentation in the 1970s-1980s; and the U.S. in the world of the late 20th century.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities or Social Sciences
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate a clear, factual understanding of the historical development of contemporary America.
    2. Evaluate the human experience as it relates to the historical period covered by the course.
    3. Analyze the role geography played in the historical period covered by the course.
    4. Relate the human experience-using history-to contemporary times.
    5. Distinguish between historical artifacts and other types of sources concerning history.
    6. Analyze historical evidence of the human experience/culture for the period covered by the course.
    7. Incorporate historical artifacts and other types of sources concerning history.
    8. Demonstrate digital literacy, especially as it relates to the study of history.
    9. Explain major constitutional issues that emerged during the historical period covered by the course.
    10. Identify ways in which American history must be understood in an international context.
    11. Analyze the role of the United States in an international/global context.
  
  • HIST 230 - U.S. Business History - 1865 to Present


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course will provide students with an examination of major business and economic development in the U.S. from the Civil War to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the ideas, forces and personalities in the ever-changing role of business and economics and their impact on the nation and its citizens. This course is recommended for students majoring in business, economics and history.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities or Social Sciences
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate a clear, factual understanding of the historical development of U.S. Business History.
    2. Evaluate the human experience as it relates to the historical period covered by the course.
    3. Analyze the role geography played in the historical period covered by the course.
    4. Relate the human experience-using history-to contemporary times.
    5. Analyze historical evidence of the human experience/culture for the period covered by the course.
    6. Distinguish between historical artifacts and other types of sources concerning history.
    7. Incorporate historical artifacts and other scholarly sources concerning history into their writing and research.
    8. Demonstrate digital literacy, especially as it relates to the study of history.
    9. Interpret the economic, political and social influences that have shaped the American people.
    10. Analyze the role of business leaders in shaping the direction of American economic growth.
    11. Document the influence of international events on the state of the American economy.
    12. Explain the relationship among the agricultural, industrial, manufacturing and service sectors of the American economy.
    13. Compare the respective positions of management and labor in the struggle of each to attain their goals and the consequences for American life in general.
    14. Investigate the role of government in the American economy.

Homeland Security

  
  • HS 101 - Introduction to Homeland Security


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is an introduction to the concept of homeland security. The course will define and explain homeland security. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be thoroughly analyzed and its mission will be investigated. This course will also address chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive devices and the use of these weapons of mass destruction. The importance and basic elements of a planned response, methods used to prevent the importation of weapons of mass destruction into the U.S. and what can and is being done to prevent another large-scale terrorist incident in the United States will be covered.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Outline the essential characteristics of national and international acts of terrorism.
    2. Construct a historical timeline reflecting significant terrorist threats and events in the United States and globally.
    3. Demonstrate effective and clear verbal communication skills to convey factual information in order to coordinate law enforcement agencies.
    4. Compose a historical timeline reflecting methods and outcomes used by national and international law enforcement and military agencies to counter and combat terrorism.
    5. Classify the roles, functions of, and interdependency between local, federal and international law enforcement and military agencies to counter and combat terrorism.
    6. Differentiate between ethical and unethical attitudes and actions regarding the execution of Homeland Security practices.
    7. Identify the characteristics, ideologies, motives and behaviors of various extremist and terrorist groups that foster and support terrorist, criminal activities.
    8. Interpret forensic evidence to reconstruct crime and terrorism.
    9. Craft effective strategies to generate useful information for local, national and international law enforcement agencies.
    10. Solve problems as an individual and in a coordinated team setting.
    11. Write clear, concise and accurate reports to provide factual information, accurate data analysis, and sound recommendations.
  
  • HS 102 - Understanding Terrorism


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course will introduce students to the phenomena of contemporary terrorism and extremism. Students will see special emphasis on extremism as the foundation for terrorist behavior, types of terrorism and how governments and law enforcement agencies respond to terrorism. The first steps are to understand the mindset, the groups, the aims and the tools terrorists use.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explain the aims of terrorism and how terrorism affects you and your community.
    2. Compare key elements of terrorism along the spectrum of conflict.
    3. Develop a definition of terrorism.
    4. Analyze the organizational structures, weapons and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) used by terrorist organizations.
    5. Identify key similarities and differences among the various types of terrorist actors.
    6. Analyze a terrorism case study to identify actors, ideology, weapons and the impact on that community.
    7. Examine the ramifications of how the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security and the fight against terrorism are balanced against infringing on the Constitution and the Rights of the people.
    8. Summarize the bureaucratic challenges plaguing a cohesive integration of effort between local law enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security in combating terrorism.
    9. Identify the possible vulnerabilities on the part of the Department of Homeland Security and law enforcement in the future fight against terrorism.
  
  • HS 103 - Transportation and Border Security


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course addresses concerns associated with border and transportation security to include the potential threats to the passenger and cargo transportation systems. The course will cover the essential characteristics of national and international terrorism, with emphasis placed on significant transportation related terrorist threats and events. Emphasis will also be placed on the importance of technology and the interdependency of local, state, federal and international agencies to protect global trade. Students will be expected to solve problems as an individual and in a coordinated team setting.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Outline the essential characteristics of national and international acts of terrorism.
    2. Construct a historical timeline reflecting significant transportation related terrorist threats and events in the United States and globally.
    3. Differentiate between natural and unnatural threats to transportation systems and how to detect the difference.
    4. Identify the characteristics of vulnerabilities in transportation systems.
    5. Explain the impact of technology on countering threats to transportation systems.
    6. Discuss differences in dealing with security threats for passenger versus freight transportation systems.
    7. Classify the roles, functions of, and interdependency between local, federal, and international law enforcement and military agencies to foster border security.
    8. Create effective strategies to generate useful information for local, national and international law enforcement agencies.
    9. Solve problems as an individual and in a coordinated team setting.
    10. Write clear, concise and accurate reports to provide factual information, accurate data analysis, and sound recommendations.
  
  • HS 201 - Organizational and Facility Security


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: The focus of this course will be on traditional methods of physical security hardware, risk assessments and business continuity. The course will also explore and assess developing security technology and its application to reduce internal and external threats to business.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Analyze the purpose of the risk assessment process.
    2. Determine how the application and techniques of security hardware can reduce an organization’s exposure to criminal attacks.
    3. Identify an organization’s three lines of defense.
    4. Summarize how an organization’s three lines of defense can be balanced to optimize security.
    5. Evaluate the impact of professional security organizations and private security consultants on the security industry.
    6. Conduct a basic security survey on a small business.
    7. Evaluate established emergency management techniques.
    8. Analyze business continuity plans.
    9. Conduct a cost/benefit analysis.
  
  • HS 202 - Introduction to Emergency Management


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course will provide an overview of emergency management as a career field, discipline and approach to dealing with all-hazards emergency/disaster response. This course will examine major disasters in history and concepts, theory and terminology associated with emergency management.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explain terminology, concepts and theories associated with emergency management.
    2. Identify the roles and responsibilities and the various functions in emergency management.
    3. Apply emergency management in tabletop exercises.
    4. Demonstrate mastery of the FEMA standards for emergency management.
    5. Characterize the evolution of the Emergency Manager.
    6. Correlate the resources, mitigation and hazards associated with the Emergency Manager.
    7. Explain the incident command system.
    8. Compare preparedness, planning and exercises.
    9. Categorize disasters.
  
  • HS 203 - Intelligence Analysis and Security Management


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course will provide a study of the U.S. government’s intelligence community as well as an overview of intelligence processes. This study will include a historical look at intelligence and some of its milestones. Discussed will be key terms, concepts and perspectives. Students will be exposed to the relationship of intelligence with law enforcement and homeland security and how some intelligence processes may be applied to emergency management and pre-incident planning.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate operational knowledge of intelligence gathering and analysis pertinent to homeland security and other threats facing government and private sectors.
    2. Outline basic intelligence policies and functions of the United States government.
    3. Articulate the meaning and purposes for the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-458).
    4. Evaluate the dependability and reliability of source information.
    5. Enumerate specific methods and/or techniques for obtaining intelligence, synthesizing it and analyzing it.
    6. Evaluate intelligence in light of critical judgment and evidentiary analysis.
    7. Implement basic intelligence gathering techniques and analysis.
    8. Forecast terrorist activities using various forms of intelligence.
    9. Explain the foundation and goals for security.
    10. Analyze threats to national and international safety and security.
    11. Apply ethical and professional behaviors to intelligence gathering and operations.

Humanities

  
  • HUM 106 - Introduction to Art and Music


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course will cover the basic mechanical and aesthetic elements underlying the visual and aural arts. It will also include an overview of major periods, styles, composers and artists. The course also prepares students to develop an understanding of how to perceive music and art. This course provides an introductory, fundamental, audience-related approach to art and music. Definitions and concepts will be approached in a very basic manner. No prior knowledge or experience in music or arts is necessary.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Examine basic styles in art and music.
    2. Apply the basic vocabulary for art and music.
    3. Analyze similarities and differences among Western and non-Western art and music systems.
    4. Analyze various works of art and music.
  
  • HUM 151 - World Masterpieces (Prehistory-1400)


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course serves as an introduction to some of the great works of art and music in the Western world from Greek civilization to 1400. The course will cover the major periods/styles in art and music history: Prehistory, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman/Early Christian, Romanesque, Gothic and Proto-Renaissance. Art and music masterpieces to be studied will be selected from the main repertoire of significant works of the Western world. The course will also cover fundamentals of integrative art and music appreciation. A background in art and/or music is not required.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Identify the major periods in art and music history from Prehistory to 1400.
    2. Examine the fundamentals of art appreciation, including but not limited to: concepts of line, perspective, dimension; concepts of color, texture, medium; styles and philosophies of the artists studied from Prehistory to 1400.
    3. Examine the fundamentals of music appreciation, including but not limited to: concepts of rhythm, melody, harmony, tone color; the basic musical forms, styles and philosophies of the composers studied from Prehistory to 1400.
    4. Investigate works of art on an artistic and formal level from Prehistory to 1400.
    5. Investigate works of classical music on an artistic and formal level from Prehistory to 1400.
    6. Identify the major art and music works and artists/composers studied from Prehistory to 1400.
    7. Interpret the main humanities themes found in major works of art and music from Prehistory to 1400.
    8. Apply known information about forms/genres/styles of certain types of art and music to unknown works from Prehistory to 1400.
    9. Illustrate how major works of art and music influenced later styles and trends in art and music history from Prehistory to 1400.
  
  • HUM 152 - World Masterpieces (1400-Present)


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course serves as an introduction to some of the great works of art and music in the Western world from 1400 to the present. The course will cover the major periods/styles in art and music history: Early, High and Late Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern (1900-1945), Post-Modern (1945-2000) and Contemporary. Art and music masterpieces to be studied will be selected from the main repertoire of significant works of the Western world. The course will also cover fundamentals of integrative art and music appreciation. A background in art and/or music is not required.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Identify the major periods in art and music history from 1400 to the present.
    2. Examine the fundamentals of art appreciation, including but not limited to: concepts of line, perspective, dimension; concepts of color, texture, medium; styles and philosophies of the artists studied from 1400 to the present.
    3. Examine the fundamentals of music appreciation, including but not limited to: concepts of rhythm, melody, harmony, tone color; the basic musical forms (sonata-allegro, theme and variations, imitative forms, etc.); styles and philosophies of the composers studied from 1400 to the present.
    4. Investigate works of art on an artistic and formal level from 1400 to the present.
    5. Investigate works of classical music on an artistic and formal level from 1400 to present.
    6. Identify the major art and music works and artists/composers studied from 1400 to the present.
    7. Interpret the main humanities themes found in major works of art and music from 1400 to the present.
    8. Apply known information about forms/genres/styles of certain types of art and music to unknown works from 1400 to the present.
    9. Illustrate how major works of art and music influenced later styles and trends in art and music history from 1400 to the present.
  
  • HUM 190 - Individual Humanism - An Honors Colloquium


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: A required introduction to the Schoolcraft Scholars Honors Program, this colloquium studies the individual and the community through multiple disciplines. Topics of the colloquium may include, but are not limited to, the human condition; individual Renaissance and enlightenment; the role of individuals in a society of change, transition and revolution; the unanswered question; and taking an active role on the social stage. Additionally, students in this course collaborate, practice critical thinking and explore both community issues and community-based organizations.

    Prerequisites: Acceptance to the Schoolcraft Scholars Honors Program.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Examine formal and aesthetic principles of art/music/literature of various cultures and civilizations.
    2. Interpret meanings of selected art, music, and literary masterworks.
    3. Investigate a variety of social assumptions encoded in community arts and organizations.
    4. Apply course principles in exploring, experiencing, and evaluating community services and organizations.
    5. Explore human values as they are found in works of art and music from various periods prior to the present.
    6. Explore contemporary human values as they are found in the various media of popular culture.
    7. Apply sets of values to contemporary events on a global and local level.
    8. Prepare oral and written reports, analyses or evaluations investigating a certain value found in the humanities.
    9. Express opinions and views effectively and responsibly in class discussions.
  
  • HUM 201 - Art and Music in Western Civilization: Field Study - England


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is a humanistic study of music and art in concentrated form through field study. Course includes art forms and functional styles of historical periods as they relate to universal principles. The course will also include studies in English history, culture and geography. The course will conclude with a ten-day trip to London, England with day trips to Cambridge, Canterbury, Bath, Stonehenge, Ely and other satellite locations. The tour will include visits to the National Gallery and the British Museum as well as other museums and will include visits to several palaces, castles, cathedrals and performing arts centers to facilitate a live, first-hand encounter with English arts and culture.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: Sign up for the international tour.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Examine the broad scope of English history, culture, and peoples, and their influence upon Western civilization.
    2. Explain the greater contributions of England in the development of the European community and her role in the development of the Western world.
    3. Explain the significant contributions to the Humanities made by English artists, architects and composers.
    4. Identify specific works by English artists, architects, and composers.
    5. Compare the similarities and differences of particular aspects of British culture with American culture.
    6. Investigate the role the arts played in the larger scope of England’s cultural and historical development.
    7. Express a deeper awareness of his/her own life and culture by learning about and experiencing a completely different culture and life value system.
    8. Apply that newly found perspective to his/her humanistic life experience.
    9. Participate responsibly in all tour activities as an ambassador of Schoolcraft College.
  
  • HUM 202 - Art and Music in Western Civilization: Field Study - France


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is a humanistic study of the arts, culture and history in concentrated form through field study. Course includes art forms and functional styles of historical periods as they relate to universal principles. The course will include studies in French history, culture and geography. The course will conclude with a ten-day trip to Paris, France which will include visits to the Louvre Museum, Musee d’Orsay (and other museums/galleries), Notre Dame Cathedral (and other cathedrals), day trips to Versailles, Giverny, St. Germain, St. Denis and other culturally and historically significant centers to facilitate a live, first-hand encounter with French arts and culture.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: Sign up for the international tour.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Examine the broad scope of French history, culture, and peoples, and their influence on Western civilization.
    2. Explain the greater contributions of France in the development of the European community and her role in the development of the Western world.
    3. Explain the significant contributions to the Humanities made by French artists, architects, and composers.
    4. Identify specific works by French artists, architects, and composers.
    5. Compare the similarities and differences of particular aspects of French culture with American culture.
    6. Investigate the role the arts played in the larger scope of France’s cultural and historical development.
    7. Explore a deeper awareness of his/her own life and culture by learning about and experiencing a completely different culture and life value system.
    8. Apply that newly found perspective to his/her humanistic life experience.
    9. Participate responsibly in all tour activities as an ambassador of Schoolcraft College.
  
  • HUM 203 - Art and Music in Western Civilization: Field Study - Italy


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is a humanistic study of the arts, culture and history in concentrated form through field study. Course includes art forms and functional styles of historical periods as they relate to universal principles. The course will include studies in Italian history, culture and geography. The course will conclude with a ten-day trip to Italy which will include visits to Venice, Ravenna, Florence, Assisi, Rome and other culturally and historically significant centers to facilitate a live, first-hand encounter with Italian arts and culture.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: Sign up for the international tour.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Examine the broad scope of Italian history, culture, and peoples, and their influence on Western civilization.
    2. Explain the greater contributions of Italy in the development of the European community and her role in the development of the Western world.
    3. Explain the significant contributions to the Humanities made by Italian artists, architects, and composers.
    4. Identify specific works by Italian artists, architects, and composers.
    5. Compare the similarities and differences of particular aspects of Italian culture with American culture.
    6. Investigate the role the arts played in the larger scope of Italy’s cultural and historical development.
    7. Explore a deeper awareness of his/her own life and culture by learning about and experiencing a completely different culture and life value system.
    8. Apply that newly found perspective to his/her humanistic life experience.
    9. Participate responsibly in all tour activities as an ambassador of Schoolcraft College.
  
  • HUM 204 - Art and Music in Western Civilization: Field Study - Spain


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is a humanistic study of the arts, culture and history in concentrated form through field study. Course includes art forms and functional styles of historical periods as they relate to universal principles. The course will include studies in Spanish history, culture and geography. The course will conclude with a ten-day trip to Spain which will include visits to Madrid, Toledo, Segovia, El Escorial and other culturally and historically significant centers to facilitate a live, first-hand encounter with Spanish arts and culture.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: Sign up for the international tour.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Examine the broad scope of Spanish history, culture, and peoples, and their influence on Western civilization.
    2. Explain the greater contributions of Spain in the development of the European community and her role in the development of the Western world.
    3. Explain the significant contributions to the Humanities made by Spanish artists, architects, and composers.
    4. Identify specific works by Spanish artists, architects, and composers.
    5. Compare the similarities and differences of particular aspects of Spanish culture with American culture.
    6. Investigate the role the arts played in the larger scope of Spain’s cultural and historical development.
    7. Explore a deeper awareness of his/her own life and culture by learning about and experiencing a completely different culture and life value system.
    8. Apply that newly found perspective to his/her humanistic life experience.
    9. Participate responsibly in all tour activities as an ambassador of Schoolcraft College.
  
  • HUM 210 - The Art of Being Human


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the humanities as an overall approach to living. The course involves the student in the philosophies, religions and arts as avenues of human inquiry and expression.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Examine the art of being human beyond simply meeting one’s survival needs.
    2. Apply one’s inner resources and personal values for practicing the art of being human.
    3. Identify important philosophical ideas which have significance to the humanities.
    4. Identify the foundations for moral values in culture worldwide.
    5. Demonstrate an awareness of the arts.
    6. Evaluate works of art, music and drama.
    7. Evaluate works of art, music or drama, utilizing the fundamentals of critical analysis.
    8. Express perspectives on humanities effectively.
    9. Apply the fundamentals of critical analysis to works of art, music, drama and to important philosophical ideas in the humanities.
  
  • HUM 212 - Mass Media and Popular Culture


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course is an introduction into the nature of mass communication and their relationship with the public. The course will analyze, assess and evaluate popular culture and mass media. Focus will be on the various forms of media to include radio, television, film, newspaper and advertising to determine how they influence and manipulate the ways you relate to yourself and others. Examination will include the history, economics, power and ethical consideration of media outlets.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Identify how mass media systems evolved.
    2. Investigate the operation of mass media systems.
    3. Analyze values and attitudes in popular culture mediums such as film, television, advertising and music.
    4. Analyze the social and political complexities of contemporary popular cultural phenomena.
    5. Examine the influence of mass media on popular culture.
    6. Identify ethical issues in mass media.
    7. Determine which skills are necessary for becoming a discriminating critic and consumer of the mass media.
    8. Enhance social awareness as a member of popular culture.
    9. Express opinions and views effectively and responsibly in class discussions.
  
  • HUM 215 - Humanities through the Arts


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course represents an exploratory approach to the humanities that focuses on the special role of the arts. The relation of the humanities to values is central to the purpose of the course. This approach provides a self-contained program for studying values as revealed in the arts.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Investigate the historical influences of political, cultural, and scientific values upon art.
    2. Investigate the basic elements and tools an artist uses to create a work of art.
    3. Develop an appreciation of the processes of criticism and evaluation.
    4. Investigate human values as they are found in various performing and fine art works prior to the present.
    5. Explore contemporary human values as they are found in the various art media in popular culture.
    6. Explore the resources in the various performing and fine arts.
    7. Explore the interrelationships between the various performing and fine arts.
    8. Develop techniques for critical thinking.
    9. Express opinions and views effectively and responsibly in class discussions.

Italian

  
  • ITAL 101 - Elementary Italian 1


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course is intended for students who have no previous education in Italian. The course will cover basic vocabulary and grammar patterns and will build competence in all four skill areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through varied activities, emphasis will be placed on oral proficiency and communication. An appreciation of the Italian culture will be an integral part of the course.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Determine the meaning of beginning Italian texts.
    2. Write grammatically correct sentences in beginning Italian.
    3. Discriminate distinctive beginning Italian sounds.
    4. Interpret the meaning of spoken beginning Italian.
    5. Pronounce beginning Italian words, phrases and sentences correctly.
    6. Speak beginning Italian clearly and accurately with beginning fluency.
    7. Integrate beginning Italian vocabulary into simple sentences, paragraphs and dialog.
    8. Apply rules of beginning Italian grammar, syntax, tense and gender.
    9. Communicate effectively in beginning Italian through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
    10. Compare aspects of beginning Italian and English grammar and syntax.
    11. Explore culture in this beginning Italian course.
    12. Acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for further exploration of the Italian language and culture.
  
  • ITAL 102 - Elementary Italian 2


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course is a continuation of ITAL 101  and continues to review the basic Italian vocabulary and grammar patterns and to build competence in all four skill areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through varied activities, emphasis will be placed on oral proficiency and communication. An appreciation of the Italian culture will be an integral part of the course.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: ITAL 101  with minimum grade 2.0 or one year of high school Italian or equivalent language knowledge.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Determine the meaning of elementary Italian texts.
    2. Write grammatically correct sentences in elementary Italian.
    3. Discriminate distinctive elementary Italian sounds.
    4. Interpret the meaning of spoken elementary Italian.
    5. Pronounce elementary Italian words, phrases and sentences correctly.
    6. Speak Italian clearly and accurately with elementary fluency.
    7. Integrate elementary Italian vocabulary into simple sentences, paragraphs and dialog.
    8. Apply rules of elementary Italian grammar, syntax, tense and gender.
    9. Communicate effectively in elementary Italian through reading, writing, speaking and listening.
    10. Compare aspects of elementary Italian and English grammar and syntax.
    11. Explore culture in this elementary Italian course.
    12. Acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for further exploration of the Italian language and culture.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  
  • MRI 210 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Image Production


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course focuses on physical principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Topics of discussion will include the history of MRI, instrumentation, imaging techniques and pulse sequences. Resonance, interaction of radiofrequency, gradients, data collection and image formation will be reviewed. Causes of image artifacts and quality control will be emphasized.

    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Program. Registered radiologic technologist (ARRT), radiation therapist (ARRT), nuclear medicine technologist (ARRT or NMTCB) and sonographer (ARRT or ARDMS).
    Corequisites: None
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explore the history and evolution of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). 

    2. Examine the system components (instrumentation) of MRI systems.

    3. Explore the physical principles and fundamentals of MRI through quantum physics.

    4. Establish patient orientation, scan parameters, filming and archiving used in MRI.

    5. Examine data acquisition, processing and tissue characteristics in image formation.

    6. Summarize resonance, interaction of radiofrequency, gradients and data collection.

    7. Explore topics related to gradient echoes, cardiac imaging, diffusion imaging, spectroscopy and MRI angiography.

    8. Assess image artifacts associated with MRI.

    9. Explain quality control and quality assurance principles in MRI.

    10. Summarize magnetic resonance health and safety requirements of federal and state regulatory agencies, accreditation agencies and health care organizations.

  
  • MRI 220 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Patient Care and Safety


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course focuses on patient care, contrast media, magnetic field safety and safety issues concerning patients and healthcare personnel. Screening skills, patient assessment and patient education will also be covered in this course.

    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Program. Registered radiologic technologist (ARRT), radiation therapist (ARRT), nuclear medicine technologist (ARRT or NMTCB) and sonographer (ARRT or ARDMS).
    Corequisites: None
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Examine legal and ethical aspects of patient care in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

    2. Assess proper screening procedures and educational requirements for MRI patients.

    3. Explain potential hazards and biological effects associated with MRI.

    4. Examine patient care/safety procedures used in MRI.

    5. Explain age-specific considerations necessary when performing MRI procedures.

    6. Establish patient monitoring, assessment and physical assistance used in MRI.

    7. Evaluate contrast media types and properties, administration routes and complication/reaction response.

    8. Explain standard precautions and sterile technique guidelines.

    9. Demonstrate effective communication with patients and healthcare workers.

    10. Identify appropriate venipuncture technique used in MRI.

    11. Distinguish different safety zones in MRI.

  
  • MRI 230 - Anatomy and Pathology


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course provides an overview of pathologies and identifies anatomy seen on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images of the brain, spine, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis and central nervous and musculoskeletal system. A basic understanding of the description, etiology, signs and symptoms, imaging characteristics, treatment and prognosis of those pathologies will be discussed.

    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Program. Registered radiologic technologist (ARRT), radiation therapist (ARRT), nuclear medicine technologist (ARRT or NMTCB) and sonographer (ARRT or ARDMS).
    Corequisites: None
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explore cross-sectional anatomy and pertinent anatomical structures on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images.

    2. Assess imaging applications used in MRI to demonstrate various anatomical structures.

    3. Explore signal characteristics of normal anatomy.

    4. Examine the terminology used in sectional anatomy and imaging applications.

    5. Differentiate between normal and abnormal pathologic structures.

    6. Examine the terminology commonly used in identifying pathologies.

    7. Explain appropriate techniques used to improve image quality and reduce motion artifact.

    8. Critique MRI images for demonstration of anatomy and correction methods for suboptimal images.

    9. Summarize protocols for MRI procedures.

  
  • MRI 270 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinical Education 1


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Off Site Contact Hours Without Faculty: 24
    Description: First in a series of two clinical courses that provide students an opportunity to learn scanning skills in a clinical setting. Supervised clinical education will be focused on applying protocols, equipment operations and image quality. Patient comfort and safety and professional behavior and values will be stressed. This course will meet for a total of 360 clinical hours in eight hour shifts.

    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Program. Registered radiologic technologist (ARRT), radiation therapist (ARRT), nuclear medicine technologist (ARRT or NMTCB) and sonographer (ARRT or ARDMS).
    Corequisites: MRI 210 , if not taken previously. MRI 220 , if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Perform procedures under the direct supervision of a technologist to include the following areas: head/spine, neck, chest/mediastinum, abdomen, pelvis and musculoskeletal system.

    2. Demonstrate knowledge and skills performing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) exams.

    3. Summarize all safety measures and environmental requirements for MRI.

    4. Demonstrate professionalism with appearance, attendance and interactions with the organization.

    5. Prepare all equipment necessary to perform a procedure.

    6. Demonstrate effective communication skills with patients taking into consideration variations in characteristics such as age, gender and medical condition.

    7. Utilize computer skills in the documentation of a patient’s history.

    8. Integrate knowledge of related anatomy and positioning to the production of quality MRI exams.

    9. Advise health care providers and public in appropriate application of MRI reviewing medical terminology, pertinent clinical signs, symptoms and laboratory tests.

    10. Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to body mechanics, safe patient transfer and patient restraint.

    11. Utilize standard precautions while maintaining sterile technique during interventional procedures.

    12. Demonstrate appropriate responses to critically ill patients and medical emergencies.

    13. Demonstrate designated clinical competencies requirements determined by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).

  
  • MRI 280 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinical Education 2


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Off Site Contact Hours Without Faculty: 24
    Description: Second in a series of two clinical courses that provide students an opportunity to demonstrate scanning skills in a clinical setting. This supervised clinical rotation will allow the student to perfect skills developed in Clinical Education I. Mastering scanning skills and assisting with interventional procedures will be the focus of this course. Patient care and safety, while adhering to ethical and professional guidelines, will continue to be evaluated. This course will meet for a total of 360 clinical hours in eight hour shifts.

    Prerequisites: MRI 270  , with a minimum grade of 3.0.
    Corequisites: MRI 230  , if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate mastery level competencies of the following procedures: head/spine, neck, chest/mediastinum, abdomen, pelvis and musculoskeletal system.

    2. Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills performing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) exams.

    3. Summarize all safety measures and environmental requirements for MRI.

    4. Perform specialty examinations focusing on interventional and trauma imaging.

    5. Demonstrate professionalism with appearance, attendance and interactions with the organization.

    6. Prepare all equipment necessary to perform a procedure.

    7. Demonstrate effective communication skills with patients taking into consideration variations in characteristics such as age, gender and medical condition.

    8. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of all related anatomy and positioning to the production of quality MRI exams.

    9. Advise health care providers and public in appropriate application of MRI reviewing medical terminology, pertinent clinical signs, symptoms and laboratory tests.

    10. Demonstrate mastery level skills related to body mechanics, safe patient transfer and patient restraint.

    11. Utilize standard precautions while maintaining sterile technique during interventional procedures.

    12. Demonstrate appropriate responses to critically ill patients and medical emergencies.

    13. Demonstrate mastery level clinical competencies determined by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).

  
  • MRI 290 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Capstone


    Credits: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course is designed as a capstone learning experience to prepare students for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) post primary certification exam. Students also prepare for professional employment by synthesizing knowledge, skills and attitudes learned in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging program. The ARRT Code of Ethics and Standards of Care will be reviewed.

    Prerequisites: MRI 270  , with a minimum grade of 3.0.
    Corequisites: MRI 280  , if not taken previously.
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate an understanding of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) exam topics as defined by the ARRT (American Registry of Radiologic Technologists).

    2. Explore test taking skills and strategies for the registry exam.

    3. Explain requisite skills to effectively search for employment.

    4. Compose a professional resume.

    5. Establish successful interviewing techniques.

    6. Prepare an application for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) national examination for Magnetic Resonance Imaging.


Mammography

  
  • MAMM 210 - Mammography Procedures and Image Analysis


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course provides the fundamentals of positioning, image analysis and patient care in Mammography. Topics of discussion will include the history of Mammography and the anatomy, physiology, pathology and treatment of breast disease. Patient education, procedures and interventional procedures are reviewed.

    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Mammography Program. Registered Radiologic Technologist (ARRT).
    Corequisites: None
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Examine history and evolution of Mammography.

    2. Assess proper procedure for patient education and assessment.

    3. Advise patients on breast self-exam (BSE), clinical breast exam (CBE), dose, additional projections, American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American College of Radiology (ACR) guidelines for screening Mammography and other breast imaging procedures.

    4. Confirm anatomy, physiology and pathology related to the breast.

    5. Identify the terminology commonly used in identifying pathologies.

    6. Explore patient care and positioning.

    7. Examine patient assessment and risk factors for breast disease.

    8. Summarize treatments for breast disease.

    9. Examine interventional procedures performed in Mammography.

  
  • MAMM 220 - Instrumentation and Quality Assurance Mammography


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course focuses on Mammography instrumentation, physics, quality control and quality assurance of digital imaging systems. System components, imaging principles, Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT), Full-Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) and exposure factors are discussed.

    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Mammography Program. Registered Radiologic Technologist (ARRT).
    Corequisites: None
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explain specifics of equipment and instrumentation used in mammographic image production.

    2. Evaluate radiation protection and safety related to Mammography.

    3. Examine specifics of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) and its requirements for quality control testing.

    4. Confirm images have proper identification and are of diagnostic quality.

    5. Summarize types of artifacts and methods used for artifact reduction.

    6. Evaluate quality assurance methods used in Mammography.

    7. Assess imaging techniques used in Mammography.

    8. Examine Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) and Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM).

  
  • MAMM 270 - Mammography Clinical Education


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Off Site Contact Hours Without Faculty: 24
    Description: This course allows students to demonstrate and apply knowledge learned in the Mammography didactic courses to the clinical setting. Supervised clinical education will focus on patient care and positioning, mammographic procedures, interventional/special examinations, image analysis and quality control testing.  Completion of the course and its prerequisites will satisfy federal regulations for specialized training in Mammography and prepare students for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) post primary certification exam. This course will meet for a total of 360 clinical hours in eight hour shifts.

    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Mammography Program. Registered Radiologic Technologist (ARRT). MAMM 210 with a minimum grade of 3.0 MAMM 220 with a minimum grade of 3.0
    Corequisites: None
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Demonstrate competency in patient positioning and breast examination.

    2. Demonstrate competency in equipment operations.

    3. Demonstrate the ability to prepare all equipment necessary to perform a Mammography procedure.

    4. Integrate knowledge of related anatomy and positioning to the production of quality Mammography exams.

    5. Demonstrate (through performing solo or participating in) at least four of the following procedures: needle localization, breast MRI, breast ultrasound (imaging, biopsy, fine needle aspiration or cyst aspiration), stereotactic procedure, breast implant imaging, ductography/galactography, tissue marker clip placement.

    6. Critique Mammography images for demonstration of anatomy and correction methods for suboptimal images.

    7. Assess alternative positioning techniques used to display anatomy in Mammography.

    8. Perform Mammography procedures addressing patient preparation/education and documentation tasks, as well as the requirements of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).

    9. Prescribe appropriate technique adhering to ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principles.

    10. Assist in the performance, evaluation and recording of quality control tests.

    11. Demonstrate accurate computer skills in the documentation of patients’ history.

    12. Demonstrate empathy through the prioritization of patient care and professional ethics.

    13. Verify usage of standard precautions and maintaining sterile technique while performing interventional procedures.


Manufacturing

  
  • MFG 102 - Basic Machining Processes


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course will cover fundamental manufacturing processes. The student will be exposed to manual machine operator skills. Particular course emphasis will be on machines, tools and measurements to produce an end product. This is a hands-on class with two-thirds of the time in the manufacturing lab.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Students who already have this knowledge may qualify for prior learning credit. https://www.schoolcraft.edu/student-records/prior-learning-credits
    Course Competencies
    1. Operate machinery safely.
    2. Interpret blueprints, including common drafting symbols.
    3. Use calculator to perform mathematical operations.
    4. Measure using direct-reading instruments.
    5. Use precision measuring tools.
    6. Identify the basic processes of material removal.
    7. Select the tools required for basic material removal.
    8. Apply basic cutting speeds and feeds for tools and materials.
    9. Examine the types of machinery used for material removal operations.
    10. Explain the planning of machining operations.
    11. Develop the order for required machining operations.
    12. Develop process sheets for others to follow.
    13. Complete process sheets for others to follow.
    14. Produce threads on a lathe.
    15. Lay out for holes location on a part.
    16. Use a rotary table to produce a part.
    17. Create threading tool by free hand grinding.
    18. Determine tap drill size with formula or charts.
    19. Use surface grinder to square up and size a part.
  
  • MFG 103 - Basic Computer Numerical Control (CNC)


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Description: Students will be introduced to the operation of the CNC Mill through the use of the basic fundamental of “G” codes and “M” codes. Machine and tool set up will also be covered. As part of the class, students will make several small projects on the CNC machines. These machines are used in today’s industrial manufacturing plants.

    Prerequisites: MFG 102  
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Use personal safety equipment.
    2. Identify regulations pertaining to machining technologies.
    3. Use calculator to perform mathematical operations.
    4. Interpret lines and symbols on a drawing.
    5. Calculate points, lines, angles and arcs on drawings.
    6. Develop 2 axis CNC program for basic operations using “G” and “M” codes.
    7. Enter a program into the machine console.
    8. Use a computer to write and save programs.
    9. Use linear interpolation motion in a program.
    10. Use circular interpolation motion in a program.
    11. Modify programs at the CNC machine.
    12. Explain the use of “canned” codes.
    13. Use different drilling codes in machining a part.
    14. Develop 3 axis CNC program for basic operations using “G” and “M” codes.
    15. Identify cutting tools required for different operations.
    16. Explain the set-up on the machine.
    17. Use sub-routines in a program.
    18. Use cutter compensation in programming a part.
    19. Explain method of locating edges of the vice or fixture.
  
  • MFG 105 - Manufacturing Processes


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course will serve as an introduction to a variety of manufacturing processes, such as casting, forming, plastics, machining and joining. It is meant to be an overview and will concentrate on the uniqueness of each process as it applies to materials and production capabilities. In addition, the student will have a brief exposure to the properties of materials as they relate to particular manufacturing processes and the concepts of measurement, inspection and tolerances.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Summarize the general processes of sand mold casting.
    2. Compare the difference of die casting and investment casting.
    3. Outline the process of how metals are forged.
    4. Discriminate between stamping and fine blanking.
    5. Explain the process of bending of metals.
    6. Confirm when to use lathe or mill for making holes.
    7. Summarize the EDM process.
    8. Predict the outcome of using a CNC machine.
    9. Compare the various joining technologies.
    10. Outline the assembly of products from raw materials to completion.
    11. Determine the range of tolerance in a particular manufacturing process.
    12. Identify the finishing process appropriate to the materials used.
  
  • MFG 106 - Basic Mastercam


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: Students will further their CNC skills by using a CAD/CAM Mastercam software to generate CNC coding for mills and lathes. Using Mastercam involves three steps: First, the student will use Mastercam’s CAD program to create the part geometry; secondly, the CAM program will be used to program machine information (feed rate, spindle speed, coolant control command, etc.); and finally, a postprocessor will be used to generate CNC coding. Also, tool paths will be verified by using a graphical (animation) solid-model tool path verification to detect potential machining errors. The students will also study drilling, solid modeling, pocketing and circle boring.

    Prerequisites: MFG 102  or consent of department.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Draw using Mastercam software to create basic 2-D part geometries.
    2. Draw using Mastercam software to create basic 3-D part geometries.
    3. Modify existing geometric entities.
    4. Apply holes to a part geometry.
    5. Explore the structure of the toolpath manager.
    6. Demonstrate a toolpath for machining work pieces in 2-D plane models.
    7. Demonstrate the use of tool library.
    8. Modify tools in the tool parameters.
    9. Modify a contour toolpath to add roughing cuts and a finish pass.
    10. Demonstrate the backplot to verify the toolpath.
    11. Provide the processing steps required to generate CNC codes in Mastercam for mills and lathes.
    12. Demonstrate the posting process for different CNC machines.
  
  • MFG 202 - Advanced Machining Processes


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course will cover advanced machining processes. The students will be exposed to advanced manual machine operator skills to prepare them for what they will experience in a real world machining job environment. Particular course emphasis will be on developing skills related to precision machining processes, stamping die repair, maintaining machines, maintaining tools and producing an end product. There is a focus on using lathes, mills and grinders.

    Prerequisites: MFG 102  
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Operate machinery safely.
    2. Align a vice on a mill using an indicator to meet industry standards.
    3. Align a mill head (tram) using an indicator to meet industry standards.
    4. Locate edges of a block using an edgefinder.
    5. Set a mill head at precise degree angles.
    6. Locate an axis with a tooling ball locator.
    7. Bore precision holes using a mill and a lathe.
    8. Calculate right angle triangle dimensions based on a blueprint.
    9. Differentiate appropriate use of climb milling and conventional milling.
    10. Adjust machinery to compensate for backlash.
    11. Grind tools, punches and drill points to sharpen.
    12. Produce internal diameter threads using a lathe.
    13. Produce a punch and die.
  
  • MFG 203 - Advanced Computer Numerical Control (CNC)


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course will cover CNC machining as well as the advanced functions of the controller. All machine-based operational aspects of the CNC machine used in industrial manufacturing plants will be covered. This course will provide a more advanced machining experience.

    Prerequisites: MFG 103  
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Determine the manufacturing processes necessary to make a part.
    2. Adhere to safety guidelines and regulations.
    3. Use calculator to perform mathematical operations.
    4. Interpret drawings to write CNC programs.
    5. Calculate coordinates and dimensions needed for CNC programs.
    6. Calculate part and feature dimensions and locations.
    7. Calculate feeds for different materials.
    8. Calculate speeds for different materials.
    9. Develop the CNC program to run a part.
    10. Develop machining operations with Sub-Routine.
    11. Develop a list of required processes to produce a part in selected quantities.
    12. Identify cutting tools required for different materials.
    13. Identify cutting tools required for different quantities.
    14. Practice work individually and in small teams.
    15. Develop a program to move work coordinate to a new location.
    16. Develop a program to turn a part on the CNC Lathe.
    17. Identify different machine programs.
    18. Explain programs using “G” and “M” codes.
    19. Determine the maintenance of the CNC machines.
  
  • MFG 206 - Advanced Mastercam


    Credits: 3
    Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Description: The student will use CNC Mastercam software program. This course will address the following machining variables: machining parameters, constructing wire frame models, generating surface models with tool paths, engraving artworks and solid modeling. Operational parameters will be calculated to determine operating capacity of a cutting tool, spindle horsepower, the effects of different types of work piece material and rigidity of the part and respective fixture. The student will learn how to generate coding for 3D wire frame and multi-axis composite surfaces using various modeling techniques.

    Prerequisites: MFG 106  or consent of department.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Create a CAD drawing for machining purposes.
    2. Develop sequences machining operations.
    3. Differentiate three toolpath editing functions: translate, rotate and mirror.
    4. Determine tool path edit functions to simplify the toolpath generation process.
    5. Distinguish the difference in wireframe, surfaces, solids and primitive solids.
    6. Create primitive solids.
    7. Simulate the extruding of solid features.
    8. Construct a loft solid.
    9. Demonstrate pocketing toolpaths from solids.
    10. Demonstrate drilling toolpaths from solids.
    11. Demonstrate eight roughing functions.
    12. Apply surface roughing functions to generate CNC programs to rough cut surfaces.
    13. Edit toolpaths on a computer generated numerical control program based on a toolpath review.
  
  • MFG 211 - 3D Computer Numerical Control


    Credits: 3
    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Description: Students will use the computer to develop the tool path for cut 3D surfaces on CNC machines. This method is used in mold shops in the industrial operation. Students must have a very good understanding of Mastercam and CNC machining.

    Prerequisites: MFG 203 . MFG 206 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Spring Only
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    Course Competencies
    1. Create a CAD drawing for machining purposes.
    2. Understand computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing applications.
    3. Identify, understand and use terminology in CAD/CAM processing.
    4. Review tool paths and perform required editing on a computer generated numerical control program.
    5. Develop sequences and procedures for computer assisted machining operations.
    6. Enter and edit CNC and tooling data into a Mastercam Program.
    7. Determine the correct tools.
    8. Set-up the CNC machine with the tools.
    9. Locate the fixture for a reference point.
    10. Produce the part in a CNC machine.
  
  • MFG 212 - Coordinate Measuring Machine


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course will cover fundamental Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) processes. The students will be exposed to CMM machines for checking parts to prepare them for what they would experience in a real world machining job environment. Particular course emphasis will be on setting up and operating a CMM machine to check parts. We will be using CMM software, including PC-DMIS and Zeiss, on Brown and Sharpe and FaroArm machines.

    Prerequisites: MFG 102 . CAD 130 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
    2. Apply the Six Degrees of Freedom with blueprints and parts.
    3. Align parts to a blueprint.
    4. Explain how temperature, tolerances and uncertainty affect a part.
    5. Operate a coordinate measuring machine in manual mode.
    6. Calibrate a coordinate measuring machine.
    7. Select an appropriate probe for a task.
    8. Rotate data to meet alignment requirements.
    9. Program a probe to avoid crashes.
    10. Operate a coordinate measuring machine in advanced programming mode.
    11. Analyze the output of a coordinate measuring machine.
  
  • MFG 213 - Machining Speeds and Feeds


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course will cover machining speeds and feeds of various materials. The students will learn to calculate cutting speeds and feeds as they would experience in a real world machining job environment. Particular course emphasis will be on calculating spindle speeds, feed rates, surface feet per minute and horsepower requirements for different materials. There also will be a focus on radial chip production and analysis.

    Prerequisites: MFG 102 . MFG 103 . MFG 203 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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    Course Competencies
    1. Calculate spindle speeds.
    2. Evaluate feed rates for different materials.
    3. Calculate surface feet per minute for different materials.
    4. Calculate chip load per tooth.
    5. Calculate horsepower requirements for given materials.
    6. Calculate radial chip thinning.
    7. Analyze a chip produced during operation.
    8. Select proper tools for different materials.
    9. Analyze insert wear.
  
  • MFG 291 - Manufacturing Internship


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Off Site Contact Hours Without Faculty: 12 - 40
    Description: This is an applied course within Occupational Programs specializing in the field of manufacturing (MFG) and is a cooperative assignment for students who have completed the prerequisites for this course. Employment will be approximately 12 to 40 hours per week off-campus at the employer’s location within a manufacturing or related department. The final grade will be based on a joint evaluation by the college and the employer. Students registered in this internship course are considered Schoolcraft College students with all rights, responsibilities and privileges of a student. Internships may be paid or unpaid based upon placement. Department permission is required before registering for this course. The selection of eligible students to register for the course is a competitive process that includes testing, submission of a resume with a cover letter and interviews.

    Prerequisites: Minimum of three MFG courses with a minimum average grade of 3.0 and an overall minimum GPA of 2.5 or consent of department.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Apply technical skills to real world projects.
    2. Apply project management skills by creating and using schedules and work plans.
    3. Adapt within the social, organizational and technical systems of the workplace.
    4. Evaluate information so that output can conform to the employer’s product or service needs.
    5. Solve employer manufacturing problems through data analysis and interpretation.
    6. Maintain manufacturing-related data files and information.
    7. Relate with staff in a respectful and collaborative manner.
    8. Perform duties in a professional manner (i.e., dress, professional ethics, work ethic and formal communications).
    9. Adhere to safety guidelines and regulations.
    10. Perform other manufacturing or related business duties as assigned by supervisor.

Mathematics

  
  • MATH 011 - Applications - Utility of Math Support


    Credits: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1
    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course is designed to provide students with supplemental support and instruction to promote success in MATH 111 . These topics include, but are not limited to: solving equations and inequalities, appropriate use and manipulation of formulas, analysis of mathematical verbiage, and using critical reading and writing to assess the correctness of solutions. Study skills such as time management, productive homework habits, note-taking, and problem-solving will also be covered.

    Prerequisites: A minimum score of 11 ACT-Math, 15 SAT-Math, 23 CPT-Arithmetic, or 220 NGA-Arithmetic. Or Overall High School GPA of 2.7-1.8.
    Corequisites: MATH 111 .
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter and Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Calculate sums, differences, products, and quotients of fractions.
    2. Solve linear equations and inequalities.
    3. Solve percentage problems.
    4. Solve proportion problems.
    5. Determine when to use appropriate formulas, including the Pythagorean Theorem and trigonometric formulas.
    6. Verify solutions to equations and inequalities.
    7. Convert between fractions, decimals, and percents.
    8. Explore time/goal management techniques to support college success.
    9. Devise a plan for successfully completing MATH 111.
    10. Interpret logic-based terminology correctly, such as “and” versus “or” and “at least.” 
    11. Round numeric quantities accurately and appropriately. 
  
  • MATH 022 - Elementary Statistics Support


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5
    Lab Contact Hours: 1.5
    Description: This course serves as a supplement to MATH 122  - Elementary Statistics. MATH 022 involves the review of basic arithmetic and algebraic techniques that are necessary for success in MATH 122 . Additionally, the development of study skills, as well as the utilization of College resources, will be stressed throughout the course. Problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills will be developed throughout the course.

    Prerequisites: MATH 047  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or 16 ACT, 22 SAT, 75 CPT-AR, 28 CPT-EA, 260 NGA-AR, 230 NGA-QRAS or Overall high school GPA of 2.7-1.8.
    Corequisites: MATH 122  
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter and Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explore relationships of proportions.
    2. Develop strategies for application problems.
    3. Investigate the relationship between fractions, decimals and the percent form of numbers.
    4. Analyze graphical displays.
    5. Apply mathematical terminology.
    6. Examine techniques used in simplifying algebraic and numerical expressions.
    7. Examine techniques used in solving algebraic equations.
    8. Explore graphs of equations in two variables.
    9. Explore the make-up of a data set.
    10. Investigate simple and compound linear inequalities in one variable.
    11. Explore linear equations and inequalities in two variables.
    12. Develop study skills.
  
  • MATH 045 - Basic Mathematics


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: The topics covered in this course include arithmetic with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages and proportions. In addition, several topics from geometry are included.

    Prerequisites: Minimum score of 11 ACT-Math, 15 SAT-Math, 23 CPT-Arithmetic or 220 NGA-Arithmetic. Competence with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers without the aid of a calculator.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Applied Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Calculate sums, differences, products and quotients involving fractions.
    2. Solve ax = b and x + a = b where a and b are whole numbers, fractions or decimals.
    3. Convert between fraction, decimal and percent forms of a number.
    4. Compare quantities using ratios or unit rates.
    5. Solve consumer applications.
    6. Calculate sums, differences, products and quotients involving decimals.
    7. Solve proportion problems.
    8. Solve percentage problems.
    9. Apply the order of operations procedure.
    10. Apply mathematical terminology, such as sum, product, difference, quotient, commutative, associative, factor, multiple, prime, etc.
    11. Calculate perimeters of polygons and circumference of a circle.
    12. Calculate areas of rectangles, triangles and circles.
  
  • MATH 047 - Prealgebra


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: Topics covered in this course include an introduction to variables, integers and algebraic expressions; simplifying algebraic expressions involving integers, fractions and decimals; solving algebraic equations involving integers, fractions, decimals and percents; ratio and proportions; applications using basic concepts from geometry; and introduction to graphing via point-plotting.

    Prerequisites: MATH 045  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 16 ACT-Math, 22 SAT-Math, 60 CPT-Arithmetic, 240 NGA-Arithmetic or 220 NGA-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics. Competence in arithmetic without the aid of a calculator.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Applied Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Calculate sums, differences, products and quotients involving integers.
    2. Apply order of operations to mathematical problems.
    3. Solve linear equations involving integers, fractions and decimals.
    4. Solve percentage problems.
    5. Solve proportion problems.
    6. Solve problems involving perimeter, area, volume and the Pythagorean theorem.
    7. Translate English expressions into mathematical expressions.
    8. Graph linear equations by plotting points.
    9. Simplify expressions using properties of exponents.
    10. Simplify fractional expressions.
    11. Evaluate algebraic expressions.
    12. Factor the greatest common factor (GCF) from a polynomial expression.
    13. Apply the prime factorization method to greatest common factor (GCF) or least common multiple (LCM) problems.
  
  • MATH 053 - Beginning Algebra


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course will explore the real number system, fundamental operations with real numbers, graphing, linear equations, factoring polynomials, rational expressions, exponents, quadratic equations, applications and introduction to the function concept.

    Prerequisites: MATH 047  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 16 ACT-Math, 22 SAT-Math, 75-CPT-Arithmetic, 28 CPT-Elementary Algebra, 260 NGA-Arithmetic or 230 NGA-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Applied Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Apply properties of arithmetic and algebra to simplify and evaluate algebraic expressions.
    2. Express the sums, differences, products and quotients of polynomials in simplest form.
    3. Express the sums, differences, products and quotients of rational expressions in simplest form.
    4. Solve linear equations in one variable.
    5. Solve linear inequalities in one variable.
    6. Factor polynomials.
    7. Solve quadratic equations by factoring.
    8. Solve rational equations.
    9. Solve literal equations for a specified variable.
    10. Solve applications using linear equations in one variable, quadratic equations or rational equations.
    11. Graph linear equations in two variables using a table of values, x and y intercepts or slope/y-intercept.
    12. Write a linear equation in two variables using slope-intercept form, point-slope form or standard form.
    13. Explore the function concept using the vertical line test, determining the domain and range from a graph or by evaluating functions.
  
  • MATH 101 - Business Mathematics


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course offers a review of fundamentals of arithmetic along with coverage of percentage, simple and compound interest, taxes, insurance, bonds and their applications to business practice.

    Prerequisites: MATH 045  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 16 ACT-Math, 22 SAT-Math, 60 CPT-Arithmetic or 240 NGA-Arithmetic
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Calculate basic arithmetic problems with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents and ratios.
    2. Solve algebraic equations and word problems.
    3. Use key terminology related to business mathematics.
    4. Balance a checking account.
    5. Compute gross pay, employee deductions and employer contributions.
    6. Solve problems involving simple and compound interest, promissory notes and present value.
    7. Calculate maturity dates, values and time periods related to loans.
    8. Calculate various types of discounts on invoices.
    9. Compute markup and markdown on items.
    10. Calculate present or future value of an annuity.
    11. Calculate amount of a sinking fund and amortization payment.
    12. Calculate payments and costs associated with both open- and closed- end credit.
    13. Determine the most cost effective mortgage based on the payment details and costs.
    14. Calculate depreciation using standard methods.
    15. Solve problems involving life, property and motor vehicle insurances.
  
  • MATH 102 - Technical Mathematics


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: Technical Mathematics provides the practical mathematics skills needed in a wide variety of occupational programs. Students in this course will address topics including measurement, basic algebra, geometry, right triangle trigonometry, graphing and statistics.

    Prerequisites: MATH 047  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 16 ACT-Math, 22 SAT-Math, 75 CPT-Arithmetic, 28 CPT-Elementary Algebra, 260 NGA-Arithmetic or 230 NGA-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Utilize knowledge of ratios, percentages and proportions to solve technical application problems.
    2. Determine measurements using technical tools.
    3. Apply conversion equations to technical problems.
    4. Calculate conversions between mixed numbers, fractions, decimals and percents.
    5. Analyze measurement parameters such as accuracy, precision and tolerance.
    6. Develop equations and inequalities to represent problems of a technical nature.
    7. Solve equations of a technical nature with one or two variables.
    8. Solve linear inequalities.
    9. Calculate angles, perimeter, area and volume with geometric formulas.
    10. Solve problems using trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem.
    11. Analyze the construction and interpretation of graphs.
    12. Calculate measures of central tendency of data.
  
  • MATH 105 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers 1


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This is the first of a two-course sequence designed for students who plan to enter elementary school teaching. The course examines elementary school math topics and mathematics curriculum from an advanced standpoint with an emphasis on conceptual understanding and problem-solving. The course covers problem-solving, number theory, sets, algebraic concepts and functions, numeration, the real numbers, and their properties and operations.

    Prerequisites: MATH 053  with a minimum grade of 2.5 or a minimum score of 19 ACT-Math, 25 SAT-Math, 100 CPT-Elementary Algebra, 270 NGA-Arithmetic or 250 NGA-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Apply Polya’s four-step plan in analyzing and solving problems.
    2. Demonstrate clear presentation of problem solving strategies to include the use of tables, charts, Venn diagrams and algebra.
    3. Compare inductive and deductive reasoning as related to logic, the foundation of the mathematics.
    4. Investigate special number patterns and sequences (to include arithmetic and geometric) and relate these number patterns to the study of functions.
    5. Apply concepts from elementary Number Theory, to include primes, composites, divisibility tests, greatest common factor and least common multiple.
    6. Apply concepts from set theory and set operations as the language and symbols of the mathematics.
    7. Investigate place value, base ten materials and other models for numeration systems.
    8. Model arithmetic operations using set or measurement models.
    9. Apply properties of real numbers.
    10. Explain arithmetic operations with a variety of paper and pencil algorithms to include mental math strategies (without the use of a calculator).
    11. Construct models for representing, operating with and solving problems involving fractions and decimals.
    12. Construct models for representing, operating with and solving problems involving percents and proportions.
  
  • MATH 106 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers 2


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This is the second of a two-course sequence designed for students who plan to enter elementary school teaching. The course examines elementary school math topics and mathematics curriculum from an advanced standpoint with an emphasis on conceptual understanding and problem-solving.  The course covers geometry, measurement, statistics, and probability.

    Prerequisites: MATH 105  with a minimum grade of 2.0.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Solve problems in two- and three-dimensional geometry using multiple strategies, including technological approaches.
    2. Explain concepts about two- and three-dimensional geometry.
    3. Solve problems involving measurement and the metric system.
    4. Explain concepts of measurement and the metric system.
    5. Solve problems involving length and area.
    6. Solve problems involving surface area and volume.
    7. Construct graphs to organize and display data by hand and using technological tools.
    8. Analyze data using simple statistical methods and technological tools.
    9. Interpret data and statistical information graphically.
    10. Apply principles of elementary probability and inference applicable to game and real-world situations.
    11. Explain methods of probability and inference applicable to game and real-world situations.
    12. Solve problems involving expected value, odds and conditional probability.
  
  • MATH 111 - Applications - Utility of Math


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course is intended for students who do not wish to pursue the study of mathematics by following the standard sequence of courses, but who need to develop some competency in mathematics for an Associate of Arts degree. This course includes the practical application of mathematics. Topics covered in the course include geometry, managing money, interest, installment buying, credit cards, loans, probability, statistics and graphing.

    Prerequisites: MATH 047  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 16 ACT-Math, 22 SAT-Math, 75 CPT-Arithmetic, 28 CPT-Elementary Algebra, 260 NGA-Arithmetic or 230 NGA-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Solve problems involving simple or compound interest.
    2. Solve consumer problems involving installment buying, credit cards or mortgages.
    3. Use annuity formulas in problems involving retirement planning or college savings.
    4. Use combinations or permutations to count the number of ways an event could occur.
    5. Solve problems using basic principles of probability.
    6. Use frequency distributions or histograms to display data sets.
    7. Analyze a data set using measures of central tendency and variation.
    8. Draw conclusions about a normal distribution.
    9. Solve systems of linear equations graphically or algebraically.
    10. Solve optimization problems using linear programming.
    11. Calculate perimeter, area and volume of geometric shapes and solids.
    12. Solve problems involving similar triangles, the Pythagorean Theorem or right triangle trigonometric ratios.
    13. Graph linear equations in two variables using a table of values, x- and y-intercepts or slope/y-intercept.
    14. Write linear equations and inequalities in two variables to represent a practical application.
  
  • MATH 113 - Intermediate Algebra for College Students


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: Review of algebraic operations; problem solving strategies; integer and rational exponents; complex numbers; solving equations; function concept; graphs and applications of linear, quadratic, exponential and logarithmic functions; and systems of equations are the topics covered in this course.

    Prerequisites: MATH 053  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 19 ACT-Math, 25 SAT-Math, 78 CPT-Elementary Algebra or 250 NGA-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Solve linear and quadratic equations and related applications using one variable.
    2. Solve equations that are quadratic in form and related applications using one variable.
    3. Solve radical equations and related applications using one variable.
    4. Solve rational equations and related applications using one variable.
    5. Solve exponential and logarithmic equations and related applications using one variable.
    6. Transform complex fractions into simplest form.
    7. Transform radical expressions to simplest form.
    8. Transform expressions with integer and rational exponents to simplest form.
    9. Solve linear systems of equations algebraically and graphically.
    10. Translate application problems into a linear system.
    11. Solve simple and compound linear inequalities in one variable both algebraically and graphically.
    12. Solve second degree inequalities in one variable both algebraically and graphically.
    13. Solve first degree inequalities in two variables both algebraically and graphically.
    14. Solve inequalities and equations containing absolute value both algebraically and graphically.
    15. Solve applications of functions involving two variables.
    16. Determine the inverse of a function algebraically or graphically.
    17. Graph quadratic functions.
    18. Graph exponential and logarithmic functions.
    19. Graph circles.
  
  • MATH 119 - Trigonometry


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: Trigonometric functions and their graphs, identities, equations and inverse functions and solutions of right and oblique triangles are the topics included in this course.

    Prerequisites: MATH 113  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 23 ACT-Math, 29 SAT-Math, 63 CPT-College-Level Math or 230 NGA-Advanced Algebra and Functions.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Evaluate the basic trigonometric functions using degree or radian measure.
    2. Evaluate the basic trigonometric functions involving angles in standard position.
    3. Evaluate the basic trigonometric functions involving right triangles.
    4. Evaluate the basic trigonometric functions involving the unit circle.
    5. Solve right and oblique triangles.
    6. Solve trigonometric equations.
    7. Verify trigonometric identities.
    8. Graph trigonometric functions.
    9. Construct mathematical models using trigonometric functions.
    10. Solve application problems using trigonometry.
  
  • MATH 122 - Elementary Statistics


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: This course includes an introduction to statistics, statistical descriptions, frequency distributions, possibilities and probabilities, probability distributions, sampling and sampling distributions, testing hypotheses based on measurements, count data, paired data and use of nonparametric tests.

    Prerequisites: MATH 113  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 23 ACT-Math, 29 SAT-Math, 63 CPT-College-Level Math or 265 NGA-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Create visual presentations using sample data both by hand and by using statistical software, including a tabular frequency distribution, stem-and-leaf plot, histogram, frequency polygon and pie chart.
    2. Compute descriptive statistics both by using an algorithm and by using statistical software, including the mean, median, mode, fractiles, range, variance and standard deviation.
    3. Determine whether a given sampling method yields a random sample, simple random sample, stratified sample, etc.
    4. Use a random number generator to select a random sample from a given population.
    5. Determine the number of possible outcomes of an event with the aid of the addition, multiplication, complement, factorial and other rules.
    6. Calculate probability of an event by using the classical approach.
    7. Estimate the probability of an event by using the relative frequency approach.
    8. Determine the conditional probability of one event given another event by using the defining formula for conditional probability.
    9. Determine probabilities for various discrete distributions (including the uniform, binomial and hypergeometric) by all of the following means: a formula, a table and statistical software.
    10. Determine probabilities for various continuous distributions (including the Gaussian normal and Student’s t) by using a formula and either a table or statistical software.
    11. Interpret probabilities of a discrete random variable as the area of bars in its histogram.
    12. Interpret probabilities of a continuous random variable as the area under the graph of its density function.
    13. Solve practical problems involving probability distributions.
    14. Determine the mean (expected) value and the standard deviation of a discrete random variable using its probability distribution.
    15. Determine whether two events are independent of one another by using their probabilities.
    16. Determine a confidence interval for a population mean, based on a random sample and the normal or t-distribution (as appropriate), both by using a formula and table and by using statistical software.
    17. Test a hypothesis regarding one, two or several population means, based on random sample(s) and the normal, t- or ANOVA distribution (as appropriate), both by using a formula and table and by using statistical software.
    18. Determine a confidence interval for a population proportion, based on a random sample and the normal distribution, both by using a formula and table and by using statistical software.
    19. Test a hypothesis regarding one, two or several population proportions, based on a random sample(s) and the normal, t or chi-squared distribution (as appropriate), both by using a formula and table and by using statistical software.
    20. Determine Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient r for a sample of bivariate data, both by using a formula and by using statistical software.
    21. Determine the least-squares linear regression fit to a sample bivariate data.
    22. Test a hypothesis regarding the linear correlation between two variables, based on a random sample and on critical values of the r-distribution, both with the aid of a table and the aid of statistical software.
    23. Test a hypothesis regarding one or two population medians or a population proportion, based on a random sample(s) and the sign test.
    24. Test a hypothesis regarding the linear correlation between two variables, based on a random sample and Spearman’s rank-correlation test.
    25. Investigate sampling distributions of statistics.
  
  • MATH 126 - College Algebra


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: The function concept, polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions, curve sketching, graphical analysis of functions, graphical solutions and business applications are the topics included in this course.

    Prerequisites: MATH 113  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 23 ACT-Math, 29 SAT-Math, 63 CPT-College-Level Math or 230 NGA-Advanced Algebra and Functions.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: MATH 126 is recommended for business and social science majors

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Solve linear, radical and absolute value equations algebraically or graphically.
    2. Solve polynomial and rational equations algebraically or graphically.
    3. Solve exponential and logarithmic equations algebraically or graphically.
    4. Solve linear and absolute value inequalities algebraically or graphically.
    5. Solve polynomial and rational inequalities algebraically or graphically.
    6. Sketch graphs of basic functions without the calculator (linear, square, cubic, square root, cube root, absolute value and reciprocal) showing the basic shape of the graph and labeling several plot points to include any x and y intercepts.
    7. Apply the standard geometric transformations of stretching, shrinking and translating to the basic functions.
    8. Justify graphs as even or odd by equations and by the graph.
    9. Determine the domain and range for graphs of functions.
    10. Determine intervals where a graph for a function is increasing, decreasing or constant.
    11. Identify local maxima and local minima from graphs of functions.
    12. Calculate sum, difference, product, quotient and composition of functions including their domain.
    13. Determine the inverse of a function numerically, algebraically and graphically.
    14. Graph polynomial functions including the key characteristics.
    15. Identify real and complex zeroes of a polynomial function by factoring and using synthetic division.
    16. Graph rational functions including the key characteristics.
    17. Graph exponential functions and logarithmic functions including the key characteristics.
    18. Solve application problems using linear and non-linear models (nonlinear may include polynomial, rational, exponential or logarithmic models).
    19. Construct mathematical models in equation or function form to solve a problem.
  
  • MATH 129 - Precalculus


    Credits: 5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 5
    Description: Topics covered in this course include the function concept, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, rapid review of trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions, solving equations, curve sketching, complex numbers, coordinate geometry and conic sections. The prevailing theme is applications and graphical solutions.

    Prerequisites: MATH 113  with a minimum grade of 2.0 and MATH 119  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or Minimum score of 23 ACT-Math, 29 SAT-Math, 63 CPT-College-Level Math or 260 NGA-Advanced Algebra and Functions.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: MATH 129 is recommended for engineering, science and math majors.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Graph the elementary functions, including linear, quadratic, cubic, absolute value, square root, cube root and reciprocal functions, without a calculator.
    2. Apply the standard geometric transformations of stretching, shrinking and translating to the elementary functions.
    3. Solve algebraically and geometrically, equations and inequalities in one variable of the following types: linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric.
    4. Construct mathematical models to solve application problems.
    5. Determine domain and range of a function.
    6. Determine maximum and minimum values of a function.
    7. Determine intervals where a function is increasing, decreasing or constant.
    8. Determine algebraically and geometrically, whether a function is even, odd or neither.
    9. Determine the asymptotes of a function.
    10. Explore end behavior of a function geometrically.
    11. Calculate sum, difference, product and quotient of complex numbers.
    12. Determine real and complex zeros of a polynomial function.
    13. Graph exponential and logarithmic functions manually and using the graphing calculator.
    14. Apply geometric transformations to exponential and logarithmic functions.
    15. Graph trigonometric functions manually and using the graphing calculator.
    16. Apply geometric transformations to trigonometric functions.
    17. Identify conic sections.
    18. Graph conic sections showing key characteristics.
  
  • MATH 135 - Finite Mathematics


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: Matrices and their applications to linear equations and linear programming, the simplex method, elementary probability and mathematics of finance are the topics included in this course.

    Prerequisites: MATH 126  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 23 ACT-Math, 29 SAT-Math, 103 CPT-College-Level Math or 250 NGA-Advanced Algebra and Functions.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Graph a system of one or more linear equations in two variables in the Cartesian plane.
    2. Determine the solution set of a linear system of several equations and variables by using the Gaussian elimination method.
    3. Compute matrix operations by hand and on a calculator, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and multiplicative inverse.
    4. Determine the solution of a consistent, independent linear system of several equations and variables by using the inverse of the coefficient matrix.
    5. Apply linear equations and matrices to a variety of practical word problems.
    6. Determine the optimal solution(s) of a linear programming problem in two independent variables by using the graphical method.
    7. Determine an optimal solution of a linear programming problem in several independent variables by using the simplex tableau method, including duality.
    8. Analyze the marginal behavior of a linear programming problem at its optimal solution.
    9. Apply linear programming methods to a variety of practical word problems.
    10. Compute the number of outcomes for a given event by using a tree diagram.
    11. Compute the number of elements in a given set by using a Venn diagram and such concepts as union and intersection.
    12. Compute the number of outcomes for a given event by using the addition and multiplication principles, complement rule, factorials, permutations, combinations and multinomials.
    13. Compute the power of any binomial by using Newton’s method.
    14. Determine the probability of an event by counting the number of possible outcomes and using the classical definition of probability.
    15. Determine the probability of an event based on known probabilities by using the addition and multiplication principles and the complement rule.
    16. Determine the conditional probability of an event given another event by using the defining formula for conditional probability.
    17. Determine the conditional probability of an event given another event by using Bayes’ Theorem.
    18. Determine whether two events are independent based on their probabilities.
    19. Translate between the present and future value of a lump sum in an account earning simple or compound interest.
    20. Translate between the deposit amount and future value for a deposit annuity.
    21. Translate between the withdrawal amount and present value for a withdrawal annuity.
    22. Compute the payment amount or the outstanding debt for a first-time mortgage or a refinancing.
    23. Compute the finance charges for a loan using the add-on method.
    24. Compute the APR for a loan with discount points.
  
  • MATH 145 - Calculus for Business and Social Science


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: The main topics of this course are differentiation of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions; curve sketching; optimization; constrained optimization; integration; introduction to functions of several variables; and applications.

    Prerequisites: MATH 126  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 23 ACT-Math, 29 SAT-Math, 103 CPT-College-Level Math or 250 NGA-Advanced Algebra and Functions.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Solve a variety of practical problems, including but not limited to, problems of production, growth, decay and compound interest, using algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions.
    2. Compare the concepts of limit and derivative of a function verbally, graphically, numerically or analytically.
    3. Compute manually the precise derivatives of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions at selected points.
    4. Interpret the meanings of the precise derivatives of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions at selected points.
    5. Determine an estimate for the derivative of any smooth function at a selected point via numerical approximation on a calculator.
    6. Interpret the meaning of an estimate for the derivative of any smooth function at a selected point via numerical approximation on a calculator.
    7. Apply methods of differentiation to solve a variety of practical problems, including but not limited to, problems of optimization.
    8. Compare the concepts of limit and integral of a function verbally, graphically, numerically or analytically.
    9. Compute manually the precise definite integrals of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions between selected points.
    10. Interpret the meanings of the precise definite integrals of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions between selected points.
    11. Determine an estimate for the definite integral of any smooth function between selected points via numerical approximation on a calculator.
    12. Interpret the meaning of an estimate for the definite integral of any smooth function between selected points via numerical approximation on a calculator.
    13. Apply methods of integration to solve a variety of practical problems, including but not limited to, problems of accumulated income.
    14. Compute manually the precise partial derivatives of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic function of several variables at selected points.
    15. Interpret the meanings of the precise partial derivatives of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions of several variables at selected points.
    16. Apply methods of partial differentiation to solve practical problems of constrained optimization.
  
  • MATH 150 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry 1


    Credits: 5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 5
    Description: This course is oriented to engineering, science and mathematics majors. Limits and continuity, derivatives and integrals of algebraic and some trigonometric functions, curve sketching with the aid of the graphing calculator and applications are the topics covered in this course.

    Prerequisites: MATH 129  with a minimum grade of 2.0 or a minimum score of 23 ACT-Math, 29 SAT-Math, 103 CPT-College-Level Math or 280 NGA-Advanced Algebra and Functions.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Investigate the concept of a limit.
    2. Compute limits geometrically, numerically and analytically.
    3. Investigate the concept of continuity geometrically and analytically.
    4. Determine whether or not a function is continuous at a point or overall.
    5. Investigate the meaning of differentiation geometrically, numerically and analytically.
    6. Evaluate a derivative using techniques of differentiation, including the difference quotient, the power rule, product rule, quotient rule, chain rule and implicit differentiation.
    7. Determine the equation of the tangent line using the derivative.
    8. Solve related rate problems.
    9. Use differentials to approximate related rates and their applications.
    10. Evaluate the derivative of elementary transcendental functions including logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric functions.
    11. Graph elementary functions using calculus techniques.
    12. Solve optimization problems.
    13. Compute the area under the curve using finite rectangles and infinite rectangles.
    14. Compute the area under the curve using integration.
    15. Compute the definite integral using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Substitution Method.
  
  • MATH 151 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry 2


    Credits: 5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 5
    Description: This course includes the study of derivatives and integrals of transcendental functions, techniques of integration, indeterminate forms, improper integrals, infinite series, conics, polar coordinates and applications.

    Prerequisites: MATH 150  with a minimum grade of 2.0.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: MATH 230  may be taken concurrently.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Apply the definite integral in computing areas and surface areas.
    2. Apply the definite integral in computing volumes.
    3. Determine the derivative of hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic functions.
    4. Evaluate the integral of a rational function using long division and/or partial fraction decomposition.
    5. Evaluate integrals using various techniques such as: parts, rationalizing substitutions, trigonometric substitution, completing the square.
    6. Evaluate improper integrals.
    7. Identify convergence or divergence of various sequences.
    8. Identify convergence or divergence of an infinite series using an appropriate test.
    9. Investigate the limit of a geometric, telescoping, alternating or p-series.
    10. Determine the interval of convergence for a power series.
    11. Determine a power series representation of various functions.
    12. Approximate certain non-polynomial function values and definite integrals using power series.
    13. Compute the arc length of a parametric or polar curve.
    14. Compute the slope of a tangent line to a parametric or polar curve.
    15. Compute the area of a region enclosed by polar curves.
    16. Analyze conic sections.
  
  • MATH 230 - Linear Algebra


    Credits: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4
    Description: Topics covered in this course include systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, Euclidean vector spaces, general vector spaces, inner product spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, linear transformations and applications.

    Prerequisites: MATH 150  with a minimum grade of 2.0
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Calculate an expression involving matrix operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, scalar-multiplication, and transposition.
    2. Calculate the determinant of a given matrix using various techniques including cofactor expansion, row reduction, and shortcuts for small or triangular matrices.
    3. Calculate the multiplicative inverse of a given square matrix using various techniques including Gauss-Jordan Elimination and the adjoint-determinant method.
    4. Determine the solution of a system of linear equations using various techniques including Gauss, Gauss-Jordan, matrix-inverse, and Cramer methods.
    5. Calculate an expression involving vector operations, including addition, subtraction, scalar-multiplication, dot-multiplication, cross-multiplication, magnitudes, and parallel and perpendicular projections.
    6. Figure out equations for a line or plane in three-dimensional Euclidean space, given certain facts about the line or plane.
    7. Determine whether a given set of objects and operations constitute a vector space or subspace by using the relevant axioms.
    8. Determine whether a given set of vectors is linearly independent, whether it spans a given vector space, and whether it constitutes a basis for the vector space.
    9. Construct a basis for the null space of a given system of linear equations.
    10. Construct a basis for the linear span of a given set of vectors.
    11. Calculate the coordinates of a given vector relative to a given basis.
    12. Calculate the change-of-basis matrix for transitions from one given basis to another.
    13. Translate the coordinates of a given vector from one basis to another by using the change-of-basis matrix.
    14. Determine whether a given scalar function on a given vector space constitutes an inner product by using the relevant axioms.
    15. Calculate lengths, distances, and angles between vectors using a specified inner product.
    16. Construct an orthonormal basis for a given set of vectors in an inner product space by using the Gram-Schmidt method.
    17. Determine whether a given function between vector spaces constitutes a linear transformation by using the relevant axioms.
    18. Construct a basis for the kernel or for the range of a given linear transformation.
    19. Calculate the matrix that represents a given linear transformation relative to a given pair of bases.
    20. Calculate the values of a given linear transformation (or of its inverse) by using the matrix that represents it.
    21. Determine the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a given linear transformation or matrix.
    22. Determine a diagonalized or orthogonally diagonalized form for a given linear transformation or matrix.
    23. Calculate powers of a given square matrix by using a diagonalized or orthogonally diagonalized form.
    24. Apply matrix methods to solve selected types of practical problems involving networks, curve-fitting, directed graphs, Markov chains, linear differential equations, conic sections, or quadric surfaces.
  
  • MATH 240 - Calculus With Analytic Geometry 3


    Credits: 5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 5
    Description: Vectors in the plane, vectors in three-space, solid analytic geometry, partial derivatives, line integrals, multiple integrals and applications are the topics covered in this course.

    Prerequisites: MATH 151  with a minimum grade of 2.0.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Calculate operations involving vectors.
    2. Apply vectors to physical situations in the plane.
    3. Apply vectors to physical situations, including motion, in three dimensions.
    4. Calculate limits for multivariable functions.
    5. Determine continuity for multivariable functions.
    6. Evaluate partial derivatives for multivariable functions.
    7. Evaluate mixed partial derivatives for multivariable functions.
    8. Optimize functions of two variables.
    9. Evaluate double integrals in rectangular coordinates.
    10. Evaluate double integrals in polar coordinates.
    11. Evaluate triple integrals in rectangular coordinates.
    12. Evaluate triple integrals in cylindrical coordinates.
    13. Evaluate triple integrals in spherical coordinates.
    14. Evaluate line integrals.
    15. Apply vector calculus to physical situations.
  
  • MATH 252 - Differential Equations


    Credits: 5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 5
    Description: Topics covered in this course include first order differential equations, second order linear equations, series solutions of second order linear equations, higher order linear equations, Laplace transform, systems of first order linear equations, numerical methods and qualitative theory of differential equations.

    Prerequisites: MATH 240  with a minimum grade of 2.0.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Liberal Arts | Mathematics
    This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
    This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1. Model a mechanical oscillator.
    2. Model a series or parallel electrical circuit of the RLC (resistor, inductor, capacitor) type.
    3. Model one population in conditions of natural growth or decay, logistic growth, explosion, or extinction.
    4. Model two populations in conditions of predation or competition.
    5. Sketch graphical solutions of a first-order differential equation by hand using the slope field.
    6. Determine the general solution of a simple first-order differential equation using such techniques as separation of variables, integrating factors, and substitution methods.
    7. Compute the approximate solution of a first-order initial-value differential equation using a numerical method (Euler, Runge-Kutta, etc.) by hand or with a calculating device.
    8. Determine the general solution of a homogeneous constant-coefficient linear differential equation by using the Characteristic Polynomial method.
    9. Determine the general solution of a nonhomogeneous constant-coefficient linear differential equation by using the Undetermined Coefficients or Variation of Parameters method.
    10. Determine the general solution of a system of linear differential equations by finding its real or complex eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
    11. Identify graphically the location, type, and stability of all critical points in a given phase-plane diagram.
    12. Determine analytically the location, type, and stability of all critical points by finding the eigenvalues of the linearized system.
    13. Determine the Laplace transform of various simple functions by hand.
    14. Determine the Laplace transform of various continuous, piecewise-continuous, or periodic functions with the aid of a table.
    15. Determine the inverse Laplace transform of various functions with the aid of a table.
    16. Solve differential equations by the Laplace transform method.
    17. Determine power series solutions of a differential equation and their radii of convergence.

Mechatronics

  
  • MECH 101 - Introduction to Mechatronics


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This is the first in a series of two introductory mechatronics courses. It prepares the student to succeed in operations and assembly positions in modern production environments that use Industry 4.0 automation technologies. Students who complete this course will be prepared to take the Certified Industry 4.0 Basic Operations certification exam, which is ideal for individuals in related occupations who want to integrate automated equipment and processes.

    Prerequisites: None
    Corequisites: None
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explain concepts of smart manufacturing.

    2. Evaluate Industry 4.0 components and their functions.

    3. Explain workplace safety, health and environmental regulations.

    4. Perform dimensional measurements using precision instruments.

    5. Interpret features, tolerances, scales and information blocks in technical drawings.

    6. Describe how to set up, adjust and operate an automated machine.

    7. Demonstrate appropriate selection and use of hand tools.

    8. Execute basic machine maintenance.

    9. Explain basic electrical, pneumatic and sensor system operation.

    10. Interpret basic electrical power and pneumatic schematics.

    11. Explain basic robot operation and terminology.

    12. Contrast production monitoring via HMI (Human-Machine Interface), Internet, Ethernet and Smart phones.

  
  • MECH 111 - Introduction to Industrial Control Systems


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course is designed for students who are pursuing a career in mechatronics. It prepares the student to succeed in advanced operations positions in modern production environments that use Industry 4.0 automation technologies. Students who complete this course will be prepared to take the Certified Industry 4.0 Advanced Operations certification exam, which is also ideal for individuals in other related occupations, such as IT, seeking to become versed in factory floor automation and programming.

    Prerequisites: MECH 101  .
    Corequisites: None
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1.    Explain smart manufacturing system metrics and optimization.

    2.    Describe mechanical power transmission types and applications.

    3.    Perform basic mechanical and fluid power system operation and adjustment.

    4.    Evaluate fluid power system types, main components and applications.

    5.    Perform basic Programmable Controller Programming and Operation.

    6.    Interpret a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) basic ladder logic program.

    7.    Explain basic CNC (Computer Numerical Control) G&M codes and coordinate positioning. 

    8.    Perform basic Mechatronic Systems Programming and Operation.

    9.    Perform basic Robotics and CNC Programming and Operation.

    10.  Explain basic Human Machine Interface and Ethernet network operation.

    11.  Examine root cause analysis.

    12.  Differentiate the operation of time-driven and event-driven PLC sequence programs.

    13.  Explain types of CNC turning and machining centers and their respective components.

  
  • MECH 131 - Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description: This course is designed for students who are pursuing a career in mechatronics. It prepares individuals to succeed in operations positions in modern production environments that use Industry 4.0 automation, IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), optimization and data analytics technologies. It is also ideal for maintenance technicians and IT professionals seeking to become versed in these areas. Students will be prepared to sit for the Certified Industry 4.0 IIoT and Data Analytics certification exam.

    Prerequisites: None
    Corequisites: None
    Recommended: None

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter
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    Course Competencies
    1.   Explain concepts and components of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

    2.   Explore lean manufacturing and system optimization.

    3.   Operate VFD (Variable Frequency Drives).

    4.   Troubleshoot VFD programming and typical errors.

    5.   Operate a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) system. 

    6.   Troubleshoot a PLC system.

    7.   Transfer data through a PLC Ethernet messaging communication.

    8.   Configure a managed Ethernet network and switch.

    9.    Explain the operation and diagnostics of Ethernet switches/networks.

    10.  Describe types of mechatronics systems and their components.

    11.  Operate PLC and robot programs that use I/O (input/output) handshaking. 

    12.  Perform barcode and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) programming and operation.

    13.  Detect connection types and errors of barcode and RFID systems. 

    14.  Perform smart sensor programming and operation.

    15.  Explain data analytics and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

    16.  Create a SQL (Structured Query Language) database system.

    17.  Analyze data from SQL database queries. 


Medical Assisting

  
  • MA 115 - Phlebotomy


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2
    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Description: This course teaches basic technical skills necessary for a phlebotomist to draw blood in various healthcare settings such as hospital labs, doctors’ offices and clinics. Proper procedures are stressed for the safe collection and handling of clinical specimens obtained by venipuncture or capillary puncture from adults, children and infants. This course also defines the role of the phlebotomist in the healthcare setting.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 105  or consent of department.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Perform quality checks of medical equipment.
    2. Apply professional behavior in personal and patient interactions.
    3. Demonstrate infection control at all times.
    4. Apply safety precautions using personal protection equipment, handwashing, body mechanics, safe working conditions, following safety symbols/signs/labels and proper disposal of waste.
    5. Classify the types of patient specimens that are analyzed in the clinical laboratory.
    6. Demonstrate the concepts of effective communication.
    7. Assess the criteria for suitability of each specimen.
    8. Evaluate the veins of the arms and hands used to perform phlebotomy.
    9. Utilize collection equipment.
    10. Summarize the various types of anticoagulants used, special precautions necessary and substances that can interfere in clinical analysis of blood constituents.
    11. Perform venipuncture with both the vacutainer and butterfly systems.
    12. Perform capillary punctures.
    13. Apply the Patient’s Bill of Rights.
    14. Complete an incident report.
    15. Assist the patient in understanding the accuracy of the test results.
    16. Conform to Center for Disease Control regulations.
    17. Recognize the implications of not complying with Center for Disease Control regulations.
    18. Demonstrate “protective practices.”
  
  • MA 134 - Medical Insurance Coding


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course introduces the student to insurance coding guidelines developed for use with the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CM) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). The course is designed to develop basic coding skills to record the services and procedures that are provided for the patient. The importance of accurate coding will be discussed as it is an essential part of reimbursement.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: HIT 104  if not previously taken.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Explain why accuracy is essential in coding.
    2. Break down how diagnosis and procedure coding tie together on the claim form.
    3. Apply the basic guidelines and steps using ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes for a given diagnosis.
    4. Analyze physician documentation.
    5. Apply the basic guidelines and steps using CPT codes to determine the code of a given procedure or service.
    6. Identify appropriate use of CPT modifiers.
    7. Relate the importance of tactful communication skills with medical providers and patients to ensure reimbursement.
    8. Utilize medical necessity guidelines for coding applications.
    9. Apply medical terminology to all coding aspects.
  
  • MA 140 - Medical Office Procedures


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course will focus on the basic concepts in the professional practice of medicine and the role and function of the medical assistant. The course introduces personal and professional characteristics and legal and ethical standards for the medical assistant. Professional and personal communications, time management and workplace dynamics will be studied. This course addresses administrative skills necessary for the medical assistant.

    Prerequisites: None.
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Utilize effective communication.
    2. Apply all legal implications of a medical assistant.
    3. Organize the office to include adapting to minor emergencies and the prevention of disruption of the work routine.
    4. Perform all aspects of patient scheduling including procedures, routine and referrals with sensitivity.
    5. Screen patient’s need for an appointment using established protocols.
    6. Perform routine “administrative functions,” such as but not limited to inventory and maintenance of equipment.
    7. Apply both sensitivity and ethical considerations in all communications.
    8. Use proper body mechanics.
    9. Assess the importance of reimbursement in the practice of medicine.
    10. Identify the workplace traits of a successful Medical Assistant.
    11. Perform “basic practice finances,” including but not limited to posting charges, payments and adjustments.
    12. Interpret the computer/electronic medical record.
    13. Summarize confidentiality and right to privacy as they relate to medical records including HIPAA.
    14. Perform third party reimbursement activities.
  
  • MA 155 - Medical Insurance Billing


    Credits: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3
    Description: This course introduces the student to the various types of medical insurance including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Medicare, Medicaid, Workers’ Compensation and other third-party payers. The student will perform the tasks necessary to process claim forms for each type of medical insurance. Applying the guidelines of CPT, ICD-10 CM and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) must be demonstrated by the student.

    Prerequisites: MA 134 . HIT 104 .
    Corequisites: None.
    Recommended: None.

    Course Category: Occupational
    This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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    Course Competencies
    1. Apply coding using the CPT and ICD-10-CM coding nomenclature.
    2. Utilize medical terminology related to medical insurance billing procedures and insurance programs.
    3. Compose a claim adjustment form for third party reimbursement.
    4. Compose a third party claim form.
    5. Compare the various types of insurance coverage.
    6. Apply tactful communication skills with medical providers and patients.
    7. Identify guidelines for Workers’ Compensation and auto insurance coverage.
    8. Compare clinic versus inpatient and outpatient hospital services related to hospital claim processing.
    9. Interpret information on an insurance card.
    10. Apply HIPAA guidelines in the billing process.
    11. Apply both sensitivity and ethical consideration in all communications.
    12. Execute understanding of obtaining precertification or preauthorization including documentation.
 

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