Program Description - Pellissippi State Community College
Program Description - Pellissippi State Community College
Program Description - Pellissippi State Community College
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ADVERTISING<br />
★ADV 2500 Advertising & Promotion 3 Credits<br />
A study of advertising principles applied to marketing and organizational situations.<br />
Includes study of the communication process, consumer behavior, market segmentation, creative<br />
strategy and media. Spring and Fall<br />
AGRICULTURE<br />
★AGR 1010 Introductory Agriculture 3 Credits<br />
The history of agriculture, environmental issues and conservation techniques, socioeconomic<br />
aspects of agriculture, agricultural products, the application of biotechnology in agriculture,<br />
and an exploration of careers in agriculture. Spring and Fall<br />
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE<br />
ASL1010 Beginning American Sign Language I 3 Credits<br />
An introductory study of the language that deaf adults in America use among themselves.<br />
This course includes an introduction to the deaf culture and to the basic structure of its language,<br />
as well as the mastery of finger spelling and 400 signs. Spring and Fall<br />
ASL1020 Beginning American Sign Language II 3 Credits<br />
A continuation of the study of the language of the American deaf. This course includes further<br />
study of the structure of the language and the mastery of an additional 400 signs. Spring<br />
and Fall Prerequisite(s): ASL 1010<br />
ASL2010 Intermediate American Sign Language I 3 Credits<br />
A course that provides in-depth experience in conversing in American sign language, as well<br />
as the mastery of 100 widely used American sign language idioms. Spring and Fall<br />
Prerequisite(s): ASL 1020<br />
ASL2020 Intermediate American Sign Language II 3 Credits<br />
A course that involves conversational practice, experience in signing music and the mastery<br />
of 100 additional American sign language idioms. On Demand Prerequisite(s): ASL 2010<br />
ANTHROPOLOGY<br />
★ANT 1100 Physical Anthropology 3 Credits<br />
Focuses on the range of human genetic variation and adaptation that is demonstrated in living<br />
populations today, comparisons of biology and behavior between human and non-human<br />
primates and an examination of our human prehistory as it is outlined in the fossil record.<br />
Spring and Fall<br />
★ANT 1200 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 Credits<br />
Introduction to methods, theory, and techniques used to analyze and date archaeological cultures,<br />
past life ways, and cultural evolution. On Demand<br />
◆★ANT 1300 Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits<br />
An introduction to the field of cultural anthropology focusing on the description and analysis<br />
of geographically diverse social groups and their learned traditions. Culture consists of the<br />
abstract values, beliefs and impressions of the world that lie behind behavior and upon which<br />
the attitudes and ideals of a society reflect. Spring and Fall<br />
★ANT 2100 Biological Anthropology 3 Credits<br />
An introduction to human biological variation as a result of evolutionary processes.<br />
Examples based upon contemporary, historic, and prehistoric populations are used to introduce<br />
anthropological methods for the analysis of variation using living persons, genetic material,<br />
and skeletal remains. On Demand Prerequisite(s): ANT 1100 or consent of instructor<br />
◆ Meets <strong>Pellissippi</strong> <strong>State</strong> and Tennessse Board of Regents minimum degree requirements. ★ Transfers as equivalent course to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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