Academic Catalog - Mt. Sierra College

Mt. Sierra College Course Descriptions
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Humanities
` HUM-110 | History of Technology
Course Retired
This course covers how society and technology have
influenced governments and societies through cultural,
economic, political and military processes.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` HUM-200 | Humanities in Technology
Course Retired
This course covers the impact of technology on
humanities in the period starting with the 1990s.
Topics covered include modernist assaults, Freudian
revolution, war and arts, identity and image, and sound
in the Information Age.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` HUM-205 | History of Civilization
Prerequisite(s): ENG-135 with a minimum grade of ‘C’
Students examine the major historical epochs that have
influenced contemporary thought, customs, and beliefs
beginning with the ancient civilizations and progressing
through the early Greek and Roman Empires, the Middle
Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the
Revolutionary Period, the Industrial Revolution, and the
Twentieth Century. Particular emphasis is placed on
the development of nations as well as on the political,
scientific, and technical influences throughout modern
history.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` HUM-235 | Art History
Prerequisite(s): PDT-315; ENG-155 with a minimum
grade of ‘C’
This course surveys the concepts and major art
epochs beginning with ancient civilizations and
continuing through the Golden Ages of Greece and
Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the New-
Classical Period, the Romantic Period, and the modern
movements of realism, impressionism, expressionism,
cubism, surrealism, and abstraction. Sculpture and
architecture are also examined as they reflect dynamic
cultural patterns. Particular emphasis is placed on the
evolution of pictorial composition.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` HUM-240 | History of Graphic Design
Prerequisite(s): DES-100; ENG-135 with a minimum
grade of ‘C’
This course is an overview of visual communications
from prehistory to the present day graphic design.
Examining and discussing many periods, movements
and styles through various examples of significant
individuals and cultural groups, will view the sequential
chronology of design within a more defined sociopolitical/historic
context, providing students with better
insight into the relevancy of their own work within their
own time. Students also produce researched design
projects to help reinforce this process of understanding.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` HUM-350 | Acting for Animators
Prerequisite(s): ENG-260
This course introduces students to acting theory by
exploring the link between thinking and physical action,
and between emotion and its expression. Topics critical
to character design and animations development such
as movement and body language, power centers,
using psychological gestures, scene development, and
knowing the audience are explored. In addition, the
subjects of character analysis and acting principles as
applied to an animator are covered.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
Information Technology
Management
` ITM-420 | Operations Research & Implementation
Course retired. Please see MGT-420.
This course is designed to meet the needs of beginning
through advanced students, and provides a balanced
coverage of the theory, applications, and computations
of operations research techniques – with a focus
on deterministic models, probabilistic models, and
nonlinear models.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` ITM-430 | Quantitative Management
Course retired. Please see MGT-430.
This course covers different theories of quantitative
management and decision theory, forecasting, and
game theory for decision-making processes.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
` ITM-450 | Knowledge Management
Course Retired
This course covers the creation, transfer, sharing, and
management of knowledge that is vital to business and
technology decision making processes.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture: 4 hours
Internship
` INT-xxx
Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Academic Dean and
Departmental Chair
Open to students in good standing in their tenth term
or higher.
Under the supervision of a Instructor, the student will
serve as an intern at a business or community-based
organization related to his or her field of study. The
student will have the opportunity to perform tasks and
complete projects that synthesize the various skills
learned within the degree program in a real world
environment. Credits awarded depend upon nature of
the internship and the total hours of the assignment.
Students may complete two internships for credit,
and must enroll in the internship prior to beginning the
internship.
Maximum credits granted per internship: 2 credit hours
Mt. Sierra College Course Descriptions
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