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Course Descriptions
ART255 Intermediate Ceramics
3 credits (2 lec, 4 lab hrs/wk)
Prepares students for self-directed artistic expression
and creativity. Students demonstrate construction
techniques and methods used to design, shape and
form pottery through their personal practice and
research. Includes wheel throwing, pottery decoration,
glaze calculation, and firing. Skill and use of ceramic
equipment are developed to a point of independence.
Prerequisite: ART254.
ART280 Field Experience
1-3 credits/term (3-9 lab hrs/wk)
Students can take up to nine credits maximum.
Practical, on-site experience in art education, graphics or
art-related areas under the joint supervision of an advisor
and a sponsoring professional. (Museum and gallery
experience, retail art supply experience, professional
studio artist, art educator apprenticeship)
Prerequisite: Instructor consent.
ART281/282/283 Painting (Beginning)
3 credits/term (2 lec, 4 lab hrs/wk)
Offers visual observation and composition of selected
subjects using oil or acrylic media. Second and third
quarter continues technique and color control on a
two-dimensional surface.
ART284/285/286 Painting (Intermediate)
3 credits/term (2 lec, 4 lab hrs/wk)
Offers visual observation and composition of selected
subjects using oil or acrylic media. Emphasis will be
given to individual needs and interests in painting.
Prerequisites: ART281/282/283.
ART291 Sculpture
3 credits (2 lec, 4 lab hrs/wk)
Explores three-dimensional shapes and forms in greater
depth and intensity from previous year. Students assess
personal strengths and weaknesses to establish a plan
for building skills. They become mentors to new sculpture
students, thereby strengthening the critical eye.
Prerequisites: ART191, 192 or 193 with a “C” or better.
ART292 Sculpture
3 credits (2 lec, 4 lab hrs/wk)
Explores three-dimensional shapes and forms. Includes
casting processes and materials. Continues mold
making techniques with an emphasis on creativity and
exploration of media.
ASTRONOMY -
SEE GENERAL SCIENCE
BIOLOGY
BI101/102/103 General Biology
4 credits/term (3 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
This three-term sequence course satisfies the science
requirement for non-biological science, pre-professional
students. Surveys biological principles applied to plants
and animals, from cellular level to ecological level of
organization. General Biology attempts to convey to the
student an appreciation of the most important aspects of
life on earth.
BI140 Practical Ecology
4 credits (3 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
An introduction to the basic concepts of ecology, using
examples from the ecology of the local area, with a
consideration of impacts made by different types of
land use, particularly involving urban landscaping.
BI149 Introduction to Human Genetics
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Covers the basic concepts of genetics as they have
developed since the nineteenth century. Discusses
current techniques that are being developed and applied
to problems of inheritance patterns, genetic disorders,
and genetic therapy. Behavior and population genetics
are included.
Prerequisites: MTH70 and WR0525 with a “C” or better.
BI198/298 Independent Study in Biology
3 credits (hrs to be arranged)
Prerequisite: Instructor consent.
BI201/202/203 Introductory Biology
4 credits/term (3 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
For biological science majors in programs which will
require students to complete a series in introductory
biology. Comprehensive study of the life sciences,
including analytical techniques used in order to perform
proper inquiries.
Prerequisite: High school chemistry or one
college-level chemistry course within last five years.
BI201 - Includes a review of inorganic, organic, and
biochemistry as well as cellular biology and genetics.
BI202 - Includes evolution, a survey of the diversity of
organisms, and plant function.
BI203 - Includes the anatomy, physiology, and
behavior of the members of the animal kingdom (with
emphasis on the vertebrates) and how all organisms
interact (ecology).
Southwestern Oregon Community College 2006-07 Catalog www.socc.edu Course Descriptions 148